With Easter this weekend, most of us are certain to have an abundance of egg cartons around the house that are perfect for this egg carton craft! This year, get creative with upcycling your egg cartons instead of sending them to recycle. Egg carton flowers are really simple to make and they can be a great embellishment for so many projects!
Egg Carton Craft – DIY Upcycled Egg Carton Flower Wreath
Supplies:
- 2 paper/cardboard egg cartons
- 1 straw wreath
- 1 roll burlap ribbon
- hot glue and glue gun
- scissors
- dried flowers and grass of your choice
Directions:
You’ll begin by cutting apart the egg cartons. The flowers will be made from the upright pieces that separate the eggs and loose petals will be made from the remainder of the carton. Cut the carton apart until you have several of the uprights separated. You can see in this photo what pieces will be used.
After you’ve cut the upright pieces apart, begin cutting them into petal shapes. Each upright will create 4 petals. You will use 3 uprights for each flower. You’ll want to cut them at various depths and shape the petals slightly different to form unique flowers.
For the two outside layers of petals, you will keep the base of the upright intact. However, for the inside portion of the flower, you will completely cut open the upright so that it can be gathered tightly to form the center.
Form your center like this:
When all 3 layers have been cut into petals, use a small amount of hot glue to secure each one inside the other. You can carefully bend the petals to give extra character to each flower.
Keep layering:
Loose petals can be cut from the remainder of the egg carton and can added to make flowers appear more full or can be glued together to create smaller flowers or buds. You will want to create 5-7 flowers of various sizes, depending on the size of your wreath.
After you’ve created the egg carton craft flowers, begin preparing your wreath. To cover the wreath, carefully hot glue one end of burlap to the straw wreath form. Begin wrapping the burlap ribbon tightly around the wreath, overlapping each layer. You can wrap the wreath several times or only once depending on how much coverage you desire. When you’ve finished wrapping the wreath, secure the burlap to the back with hot glue.
Begin attaching the egg carton flowers to the burlap with hot glue. You will want to place them in a rather tight cluster. Add small bunches of colorful dried grass or other dried flowers in between the egg carton flowers.
This egg carton craft could be made in variations for every season or every room of the house. The egg carton can be painted to give color or applied to many different projects – mirrors, picture frames, lights, and so much more.
Give new life to those egg cartons you have left over from dying eggs!
More Upcycled Craft Projects
- Repurposed Globe Bowl
- Scrap Fabric Magnets
- DIY Upcycled Chair Planter
- Upcycled Soup Can Planter
- Upcycled Earth “Globe” Vase
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Tiffany says
Hi, Alea ~ I’m visiting from the Pinworthy Projects Link Party. I love this idea, and the egg carton flowers look great against the burlap! Hmm, I was just saying that I needed a new DIY wreath for my front door… Now, I know how to embellish it! Thanks for sharing.
Laurie says
Hi Racquel! Thank you for joining Brag About It this week! Just wanted to pop over and let you know that I will be featuring your beautiful wreath and egg carton flowers at our next Brag About It Party! Hope you will join us next week. Party starts at Midnight on Monday.
Also wanted to let you know that your beautiful wreath would be perfect to share on the Spring Craft Blog Hop going on now. You can find a link on my blog. I’d love it if you would consider sharing with us and be seen on 19 blogs 🙂
Laurie
Amanda says
Wow, I never would have thought of egg carton flowers but they look amazing! Thanks for sharing!