1. Alligator Affirmation Box
Combine kids crafts with positive words of encouragement. You’ll need a tissue box, a take-out box or tall tissue box, paper egg cartons, paper towel tubes, green acrylic paint, sponge brushes, scissors, hot glue, white glue, google eyes, felt, paper, and a pen. Full instructions here: Alligator Affirmation Box
2. Easter Egg Carton Chicks
Turn an egg carton into a fun Easter decoration. You’ll need an empty egg carton, yellow paint, construction paper for the wings and beak, tape, glue, a black marker, and your favorite Easter candies to fill them up. Full instructions here: Easter Egg Carton Chicks
3. Dancing Fish
Make a whole stringer of fish! You’ll need egg cartons, paint, scissors, googly eyes, hot glue and gun, a needle, and embroidery thread to create your own colorful, jingly fish. Full instructions here: Dancing Fish
4. Building Blocks
Build things with painted egg carton pieces. You’ll need egg cartons, paint, craft sticks, and scissors to build colorful pyramids and learn different ways to stack and construct. Full instructions here: Building Blocks
5. Dinosaur Hat
Make a dinosaur hat. This is a fun and creative way for kids to dress up and play. You will need an egg carton, poster paint, scissors, cardboard, a stapler, a paintbrush, and some glue to make this cool hat. Full instructions here: Dinosaur Hat
6. Ladybugs
These egg carton ladybugs are adorable. You’ll need an egg carton, black pipe cleaner, googly eyes, black pom poms, red paint, a black marker, a glue gun or white tacky craft glue, and scissors to create these charming little ladybugs. Full instructions here: Ladybugs
7. Helicopter
Combine a fun craft with a basic science lesson on how helicopter propellers spin. You’ll need an egg carton, paper, scissors, paint for decoration, a paper clip, and tape to make this creative and educational egg carton helicopter. Full instructions here: Helicopter
8. Pirate Ship
How about a fun and adventurous pirate ship? You’ll need an egg carton, glue, brown and gold paint, cover paper, a skewer, small red paper triangles, wooden beads, yellow yarn, wiggle eyes, black foam, gold foil cardboard, twine, a wooden spool, chenille stem, and optional materials for making a bead doll captain. Full instructions here: Pirate Ship
9. Ice Cream Cones
Perfect for kids who enjoy creative play. You’ll need the central cones from a large egg box, a small egg box for the tray, cotton wool balls and large pom poms in various colors, small pom poms for added decoration, and a glue gun to put it all together. Full instructions here: Ice Cream Cones
