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50+ Egg Carton Crafts For Kids

50+ egg carton arts & crafts activities for kids - holidays, animals, flowers & more

I hope that everybody had a Happy Easter. If you are anything like us, you probably filled your children’s Easter baskets and your faces, maybe had an Easter egg hunt or two & colored a whole lot of Easter eggs with the kids. With all of the eggs being made over the holidays, you were probably left with quite a few empty egg cartons. But, don’t toss out those old cartons just yet. Take a look at our list of creative craft ideas for the kids.

Animal Crafts

Egg Carton Animal Crafts For Kids

1. Egg Carton Super Bees from Nemcsok Farms

2. Egg Carton Jellyfish from The Pinterested Parent

3. Egg Carton Rabbit from Tot Schooling

4. Turtle Craft from Capri+ 3

5. Egg Carton Kermit the Frog from The Pinterested Parent

6. Egg Carton Butterfly from Craftulate

7. Chicken Egg Cups from Red Ted Art

8. Egg Carton Peacock from The Pinterested Parent

9. Egg Carton Monkey from The Pinterested Parent

Flower Creations

Egg Carton Flower Crafts For Kids (2)

1. Egg Carton Flowers with K Cups from Artsy Momma

2. Parts of A Plant from School Time Snippets

3. Egg Carton Daffodils from Nemcsok Farms

4. Recycled Spring Flowers from Teach Me Mommy

5. Simple Egg Carton Flowers from The Pinterested Parent

6. Sunflower Egg Carton Crafts from Buggy And Buddy

7. Egg Carton Rose from Danya Banya

8. Connecticut Mountain Laurel from Playground Parkbench

9. Recycled Egg Carton Flower from Capri+ 3

10. Egg Carton Bluebells from Buggy And Buddy

Crafts For The Holidays

Egg Carton Holiday Crafts For Kids

1. Egg Carton Nativity Scene from Michele Made Me

2. Egg Carton Jack-O-Lantern from The Pinterested Parent

3. Egg Carton Jingle Bells from Powerful Mothering

4. Egg Carton St. Patrick’s Clover from The Pinterested Parent

5. Egg Carton Easter Cross from Teach Me Mommy

6. Mini Easter Baskets from Kid’s Craft Room

7. Egg Carton Easter Bunnies from Sunshine Whispers

8. Egg Carton Christmas Ornaments from The Pinterested Parent

9. Egg Carton Christmas Tree from I Heart Arts And Crafts

10. Earth Day Tree from Glued To My Crafts Blog

11. Harvesting in the Carrot Patch from Powerful Mothering

12. Egg Carton Candy Cane from Meaningful Mama

13. Egg Carton Flag from The Typical Mom

Play Worlds

Egg Carton Play Worlds For Kids

1. Five Little Ducks Egg Carton Craft from Messy Little Monster

2. Egg Carton Treasure Chest Craft from Red Ted Art

3. Frozen Egg Box Snow World from In The Playroom

4. Miffy in the Garden Small World from Crafts On Sea

5. Egg Carton Treasure Chest From Messy Little Monster

Egg Carton Activities

Egg Carton Activity Crafts For Kids

1. Paint & Stack Dr. Seuss Hat from The Pinterested Parent

2. Yertle the Turtle Stacking  from There’s Just One Mommy

3. Egg Carton Color Sort from Powerful Mothering

4. Egg Carton Sculptures from There’s Just One Mommy

5. Racing Eggs from Best Toys For Toddlers

All The Rest Of It

Egg Carton Crafts For Kids

1. Eye Masks from The Pinterested Parent

2. Egg Carton Fire Truck from The Craft Train

3. Tea Cup Cards from In The Playroom

4. Egg Carton Ice Cream Cones from In The Playroom

5. Egg Carton Boats from Life At The Zoo

6. Egg Carton Fairy Shoes From Zing Zing Tree

7. Eye Glasses Egg Carton Craft from Sunshine Whispers

8. Egg Carton Strawberries from The Pinterested Parent

9. Egg Carton Mini Copter from The Craft Train

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50+ egg carton arts & crafts activities for kids - holidays, animals, flowers & more.

Year Of The Monkey Paper Plate Craft

Chinese New Year, Year of the monkey paper plate mask craft for kids

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I am half Vietnamese. When our daughter was born, it was important to me that to be able to teach her a little bit about that part of her culture.

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That is why I love family gatherings & holidays with my family. She gets to enjoy the food, listen to the language & observe the traditions. Next month, we will celebrate the Lunar New Year. We will welcome in the year of the monkey.

If you are born in the Year of The Monkey, you’re said to possess characteristics such as curiosity, cleverness, and mischievousness. You are also considered to be a bit of a practical joker.

To learn more about the Chinese zodiac animals, check out Chinese Zodiac Animals.

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Since we love paper plate masks, we decided to add another to our collection.

Paper Plate Year of the Monkey Mask

Sketch out the shape of your monkey’s face.

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Paint inside the shape with a light brown and paint outside the shape in dark brown & let dry.

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When the paint is dried, cut ears out of construction paper, glue the ears and googly eyes onto your plate. Draw in your nose & mouth. Glue a Popsicle stick to the bottom of your mask.

Paper Plate Monkey Mask craft for kids

We added a few festive embellishments to our monkey using a silver marker.

Chinese New Year, Year of the monkey paper plate mask craft for kids

Mai began her monkey the same as me, but then decided that my monkey needed food instead and painted a plate of bananas with Nutella.  The monkey was grateful.

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Paper Plate Straw Scarecrow Hat

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Like many toddlers, my daughter loves to play dress up. She has a fantastic imagination & she likes to use it. She will put herself into character & really commit to it. We love to make crafts to encourage her love for role play. We make paper plate masks often & another paper plate favorite of ours is hats. With the fall around the corner, we did a fall-themed scarecrow hat.

Paper Plate Straw Scarecrow Hat

What you will need:

Paper plate

Paper bowl

Paint

Scrap paper

School glue

Hot glue gun (as always use caution when operating a glue gun. It is recommended that adults operate the gun)

Directions:

Cut out the center of a paper plate.

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Use the hot glue gun to glue the bowl into the middle of the plate.

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Paint the body of your hat & let it dry.

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Cut skinny strips of construction paper for your straw. Glue them around your hat on the paper plate.

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Rip off a couple of pieces of construction paper to make patches for your hat. Draw in simple designs like checks or polka dots.

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Glue the patches onto the bowl. Let the glue dry.

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When it is dry, it is ready for your head or even your stuffed Teddy’s head.

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Paper Plate Scarecrow Straw Hat - adorable fall kid's craft

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20 Character Inspired Kid’s Crafts

20 Character Inspired Kid's Crafts Inspired by Disney, Pixar, Dr. Suess & more...

A few weeks ago we took our daughter to the movies to see ‘Inside Out’. I cried, my daughter laughed & we all left the movie happy. After the movie, my daughter insisted that we all call her Joy after the main character.  She wanted to wear green every day & asked people what they thought of her blue hair. This is a common occurrence in our house. Her character changes from week to week. She has been Hello Kitty, Elsa & other assorted characters and animals. Not only does she enjoy pretending to be them, she loves making crafts that are inspired by them. We have made many crafts over the years & have stumbled across quite a few amazing ones as well. Here are some of our favorites.

Cardboard Tube Olaf Craft by Crafts By Amanda

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Lego Baymax Building Instructions from Frugal Fun For Boys

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‘Inside Out’ Paper Plate Masks by The Pinterested Parent

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‘Finding Nemo’ Nemo & Dory Hand Print Crafts by A Little Pinch Of Perfect

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Paper Plate Eeyore Craft by Crafty Morning

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Little Einstein’s Felt Hand Puppets by The Pinterested Parent

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Popsicle Stick Minions Craft by Glued To My Crafts Blog

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Spiderman Super Hero Hand Print Craft by Messy Little Monster

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Hello Kitty Paper Plate Mask by The Pinterested Parent

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‘Monster’s Inc.’ Inspired Potato Stamps by I Heart Arts N Crafts

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Paper Plate Octonauts by 3 Kids And A Gluestick

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Egg Carton Kermit Craft by The Pinterested Parent

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16 Disney Inspired Footprint Crafts by The Keeper Of The Cheerios

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Easy Muppet Craft Rocks by Sandy Toes And Popsicles

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Pasta Mike Wazowski from ‘Monster’s Inc.’ by The Pinterested Parent

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Handprint Thing 1 Craft by This Girl’s Life Blog

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Cardboard Tube Superman Craft by Crafts By Amanda

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Despicable Me’ Shadow Puppets by The Pinterested Parent

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Dusty Crop Hopper & Skipper inspired from ‘Planes’ by Pink Stripey Socks

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Styrofoam Peppa Pig Craft by The Pinterested Parent

Peppa Pig Craft made out of styrofoam ball & recyclables.

Who are some of your children’s favorite character’s?

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Egg Carton Eye Mask Craft

Egg Carton Eye Mask Craft

 

We have been packing up our house this month to prepare it for being put on the market. We only have a couple of weeks left to get our house ready, so we have to clear as much of the clutter as possible. I have had to pick & choose which craft materials I can store & which I can’t live without. Mai & I have a large collection of recyclables which include tissue boxes, paper towel rolls & more empty egg cartons than I know what to do with. Since I do not want to pack all of them, but cannot bring myself to throw them away, we decided to use some of them last night.

Egg Carton Eye Masks

This is a fun craft with many possibilities.

What you will need:

Empty egg carton

Acrylic paint

Cake pop or popsicle sticks

Glue

Optional: glitter, ribbon, googly eyes, jewels etc..

 

Directions:

Cut out 2 connected pieces of egg carton leaving a small amount of the outer lip of the carton as shown.

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Flip the section of carton over & clip away the bump on the lip to form a small triangular opening.

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Cut the centers out of each carton section. Push your finger through the holes to smooth out jagged edges.

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Paint the sticks & let dry.

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Paint your egg carton pieces.

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Shake glitter onto your wet paint & let dry.

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Add any other embellishments of your choosing. We glued googly eyes to one of our designs.

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Mai loved her new sparkly eye masks.

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20 Paper Plate Crafts

20 Paper Plate Crafts

We are big fans of paper plate crafts in our home. They are cheap, readily available & make great canvases for painting, markers or glue. They are also more durable than paper, so the crafts hold up longer. There are so many great possibilities & ideas. Here is an assortment of some of our favorite paper plate crafts.

 

Paper Plate Tropical Bird

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Paper Plate Carousel

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Paper Plate Jack-O-Lantern

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Paper Plate Emotion Masks

Paper Plate Emotion Masks

Paper Plate Elf Mask

Paper Plate elf mask

Paper Plate Easter Bonnets

paper plate bowl easter bonnets

Paper Plate Tissue Paper Fish

paper plate tissue paper fish

Paper Plate UFO

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Paper Plate Leprechaun Mask

Paper Plate Leprechaun Mask

Paper Plate Spider Web

paper plate spider web

Paper Plate Umbrella

Paper Plate Umbrella craft

Paper Plate Octopus

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Paper Plate Melting Clocks 

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Paper Plate Hand print Wreath

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Paper Plate Scarecrow Mask

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Paper Plate Owl

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Paper Plate Hello Kitty Mask

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Paper Plate Pocketbook

Paper-Plate-Pocketbook

Paper Plate Sunshine & Rain

Paper Plate Sunshine

Paper Plate Wig

Paper Plate Wig

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20 Paper Plate Craft Ideas

 

 

 

Teaching Toddlers Emotions

Paper plate emotion masks

I have always been one of those people that wears their emotions right on their face. When I am having a bad day, everybody knows it. I have an expressive face. I can’t help it. It is like my heart plays puppeteer to my face & I have no control over it.

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