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Spring flower egg shell craft

By Jen

We hope you had a lovely holiday weekend. The long weekend is stretching on one more day...at least for the girls. Our Easter weekend was fantastic. Our neighborhood throws an amazing Easter parade. You always end up seeing people you know. It is incredible how we live in such a huge city, but on a day like today, it feels like a small town. This is why we live here.

dog looking out window of streetcar

Moving right along. Today, we are happy to be participating in Tinkerlab's Egg Carton Creative Challenge and Blog Hop.

stonehenge float

Spring Flower Egg Shell Craft

Remember when an egg carton was just an egg carton? Once you have kids the potential of simple egg cartons really expands! Every month Tinkerlab challenges people to use everyday items in creative ways...this month was perfect for us. We made spring flower egg cups. Here is what we did.

close up of egg shell cup filled with dirt and seeds inside an egg carton cup decorated with tissue paper

We have been growing seeds in eggshells and needed a way to present them as spring gifts. First, we cut down the full egg carton into individual cups.

egg carton with two halves of eggs filled with dirt and seeds
2 egg carton cups cut from egg carton

Using the same tissue paper technique from our tissue paper Easter eggs, apply tissue paper squares all around the outside of the egg cups (we also used toilet paper rolls).

egg carton cup decorated with tissue paper

Continue until the entire egg cup is covered...it will look like a nest for the eggs.

egg cup decorated with tissue paper and filled with dirt and seeds on table

We think these little nests make a lovely little gift for Easter, Mother's Day, Teacher Appreciation Day, or whatever day you can think of. So simple, colorful, and easy to make.


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About Jen

Jen Farr is a mother living in Toronto, Canada. She has been sharing her DIY crafts, recipes, activities and parenting advice for over 15 years on her blog Kitchen Counter Chronicle. Jen is the mom of 2 lovely daughters. She believes in the power of taking small steps that can make big impacts on the world.

Comments

  1. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    April 09, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    What a sweet gift idea and so pretty. I love the tissue paper petals. (What seeds are you growing?)

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