Do you know you can also use Egg Cartons as a main item to create DIYs? Creators also love to use this because it is unique and it is available everywhere. If you have it in your home you can easily reuse it, you can also buy it at the market and even online shops.
Elegant Creators is excited to share several unique ideas and objects you can make, coming from different talented creators using Egg Cartons.
Egg Carton Lamp
By aprettylifeinthesuburbs.com
What you need:
- 9 cardboard egg cartons (12 dozen sized)
- Spray paint (any color)
- Chicken wire (10 x 20 inches)
- 1 string of 100 LED lights
- Floral wire
- Scissors
- Craft knife
How to:
- Insert a LED light bulb through each hole of the chicken wire and tie the lights with little floral wire to secure it.
- Once done, form the chicken wire into a cylinder shape and tie together with the wire.
- Next cut out the cups of the egg carton, and trim them to look like flowers.
- Using the spray paint, paint the cups with any color that you want, and then let it dry.
- Once they get dry, use the craft knife to form X at the bottom of the cups.
- Push the bottom of the egg cups on to each of the light bulbs.
- When every process are done, you can now plug your Egg Carton Lamp
Flower Wreath
By Jen (kitchencounterchronicle.com)
What you need:
- 1 Egg carton (12 dozens)
- Acrylic paints
- Paint brush
- Scissors
- Hot glue gun
- Large embroidery hoop
- String
- Beads
- Pom poms
How to:
- Cut out the cups of the egg carton.
- Using the scissors cut the egg carton cups into different flower shapes that you want for your wreath.
- Do not throw away the little scrap pieces, you can use it as leaves or decorations.
- Paint the egg carton cups of any color you desire and green for the little pieces, and let it dry.
- Next, glue the beads and pom poms on the inside of your flower egg carton cups.
- Now you can stick these flowers and leaves on the hoop, you can place them on the area you desire. You can also place the flowers all the way around the embroidery hoop if you like.
- Glue the remaining leaves into any little holes.
- Lastly add the string so that you can finally hang your flower wreath.
Flower Lights
By jtemcio (jennyatdapperhouse.com)
What you need:
- Egg carton(s)
- LED string lights
- Scissors
- Craft Knife
- Acrylic Paint (any color)
- Paint brush
- Wooden skewer
- Glue
How to:
- First, you have to cut out the cups of the egg carton.
- Using the scissors, form the egg carton cups into flower shapes.
- Paint the flowers with any color you want. Let it dry.
- You can use the craft knife or the wooden skewer to make a small hole in the center of each flower.
- Insert the LED lights in the hole of each flowers
- You can also use glue to secure the flowers and light, it’s up to you.
- Once the instructions above are done, you can now hang the flower lights!
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