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Beautiful Egg Carton Flower Mother’s Day Bouquet

By Jen

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Mother’s day is almost here and it’s time to kick the creative crafting into high gear. Over the years we have shared many craft project for kids – this egg carton flower bouquet has become a favourite.mother's day egg carton flower bouquet

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While I can’t really get my kids to craft stuff for me for Mother’s Day…although I’d love to…the girls do have lovely grandmothers that we celebrate Mother’s Day with.

This year I thought it would be nice to revive and reinvent an old idea, our egg carton flowers. The last time we made these flowers we used them to create a decoration for our front door. This time around, we turned them into a beautiful Mother’s Day bouquet.

Mother’s Day Egg Carton Flower Bouquet

empty egg carton
scissors
paints & paintbrush
ribbon
tissue paper
beads
pipe cleaners
hot glue gun

The first step in making this bouquet is to cut the egg carton into individual sections. Cut out each individual egg cup. Then you can shape and trim the sections as you like.egg carton cut up

The next step is painting the inside and outside of the egg carton sections…the flower heads. This is the time for the kids to get super creative. Choose your favourite colours and have fun painting.egg carton painting

When the painting is done, it is time to poke a hole in the bottom of each flower head and feed the pipe cleaner through the hole…secure the pipe cleaner in place by bending its end. You may need the strength of more than one pipe cleaner. Twist the pipe cleaners together and then poke them through the bottom of the egg cup flower.

Now that the pipe cleaners are poked in place, it is time to add some sparkle to the flowers. Use the hot glue gun to affix the beads to the inside of each flower. The glue will also help adhere the pipe cleaner in place.egg carton glue beads

With all of the individual flowers done, gather the stems together, wrap with tissue paper and secure with a tied ribbon or pipe cleaner… just like the florist shop does.egg carton flower bouquet

Aren’t these bouquets are stunning.  My daughters loved the process of completely transforming something as simple as an egg carton. Making these flowers can become slightly addictive. Pretty soon you’ll have an entire garden! Now, I know that I would be super happy to receive one of these bouquets this Mother’s Day. I’m sure the girls’ grandmas will love them. Wouldn’t you?


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  1. JDaniel4's Mom says

    April 30, 2013 at 2:22 pm

    I love the beads in the centers! What great fun!

  2. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    May 6, 2013 at 11:30 am

    This is such a fabulous craft for kids to make. I’m going to have to save more egg cartons.

    Thank you for linking up to Tuesday Tots and letting you know that I will be featuring this over on Rainy Day Mum this week.

    • Jen says

      May 8, 2013 at 3:04 pm

      Thanks so much Cerys…you’re support is so very appreciated!

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