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If your child is interested in arts and crafts, you can find supplies at home to keep them engaged. We have found some egg carton crafts for preschoolers to keep your child entertained and intrigued. It is a fun way to try out something new and ensure your child is productive with their free time. Moreover, this craft idea is also eco-friendly as you will be upcycling the egg cartons. So, explore our favorite eggshell craft ideas for preschoolers to try out a fun one with your child.
Here are 3 very easy-to-make and beautiful to look at egg carton crafts for kids, that will surely bring out your child’s creativity.
1. Egg Carton Pirate Ship
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This cute pirate ship is sure to keep your child entertained while designing and even afterwards.
What You Will Need:
- An empty egg carton
- Long thin sticks
- Chart paper in two different colors
- A pair of safety scissors
- Pirate themed stickers
- Little pirate toys (optional)
- Paint and paintbrush
- Print out of pirate-themed pictures
- Glue
How To:
- Help your child cut out the egg carton to separate the lid. Only the base will be needed for this craft.
- Ask your child to color the bottom of the egg carton on the outside. This will form the base of the pirate ship.
- Ask him to color the inside of boat’s base.
- Help your child cut out two big squares from the two different colored chart papers. These will form the sails of the pirate ship.
- Ask your child to stick some fun pirate-themed stickers on one side of each of these squares. Alternatively, you can print out some pirate-themed pictures from the internet and help your child glue them to the chart paper.
- Help your child attach the two sticks on the carton by placing them on the base.
- Once done, help attach the chart paper on the sticks to make the sail.
- If your child has any pirate toys, place them inside the carton.
2. Egg Carton Ocean Box
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Help your child create this fun ocean box and teach about different sea creatures.
What You Will Need:
- An empty egg carton
- Blue paint
- Paint brush
- Sea shells
- Foam or chart paper
- Marbles or jewel stickers
- Glue
- Glitter glue (optional)
How To:
- Ask your child to paint the inside of the carton in blue.
- Help your child create little star fish, octopus and fish using the foam or chart papers.
- Help your child glue these to the carton.
- Ask your child to glue the jewel stickers around the carton.
- Your child can also glue the marbles inside the carton.
- Next, let your child glue the seashells inside the carton.
- Your child can also add some glitter glue at the base of the carton to give it a shimmery ocean bed feel.
3. Egg Carton Easter Bunny
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The best part about this cute bunny is that your child can create this for Easter or any other time! Try out this egg carton Easter craft today.
What You Will Need:
- One half of an empty egg carton
- Grey paint
- White paint
- Black sketch pen
- Pink sketch pen
- Grey felt or thick card paper
- Glue
How To:
- Help your child cut out one half of the egg carton. This will form the face of the bunny.
- Let your child color the entire piece using grey. Make sure all sides are perfectly colored.
- Once dry, ask your child to use the black sketch pen to make the eyes, the outline of the nose and the mouth.
- Ask your child to use the white paint to make whiskers.
- The mouth can be colored with pink sketch pen.
- Help your child cut out bunny ears from the grey felt or thick card paper.
- Help your child add some dimension to the ears by adding a bit of white paint.
- Help glue the ears at the back of the bunny head.
Using egg cartons to make crafts is an eco-friendly and interesting way of keeping kids entertained and boosting their creativity. We have put together this list of egg carton crafts for kids that they can enjoy working on in their free time. Neither do these activities require many additional things to do them. Just grab an empty egg carton, a few colors, and glitters, and let your child get creative with them. You can also display these crafts in their special corner as decoration.
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