It is getting warmer around here but not many flowers yet so we made our own. I love making crafts that I remember from when I was little.
A quick trip through the house and we found everything we needed to make a nice little bouquet.
I cut the carton apart and my daughter began painting.
I put a small hole in the bottom and stuck a green pipe cleaner through and then attached a folded yellow pipe cleaner by bending the green one over. We then added a plastic pony bead to the top of the yellow pipe cleaners. On some we instead hot glued a medium sized pom pom to the inside of the flower.
We made leaves by using the shaped kind of pipe cleaners.
We attached the leaves by bending them around the stem. I added a dab of hot glue to the underside of the flower to keep the green pipe cleaner in place.
My daughter painted a toilet paper roll to make a vase. A 1 3/4" circle punch makes a perfect bottom for the toilet paper roll--just hot glue it on. We filled the 'vase' with rocks to keep it steady.
Happy Spring!
Hooray! Hoooray! Thanks for sharing! I was looking for an egg carton craft for spring but I just couldn’t come up with anything.
super cute idea! Cant wait till my kids get just a little bigger so we can try it!
Could not be sweeter! I am floored by the simplicity and beauty of this little craft, and I just emptied an egg carton, so I know what we’ll be doing in the morning. Thanks for a wonderful project to celebrate the first weekend of Spring!
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Very cute – I need to brighten up our place for spring.
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Yay, for egg cartons! I’ve been saving them for work (school) for these kind of art projects. They’re beautiful, thanks for sharing!
Your daughter is so cute!
Those egg carton flowers are a fun project. Thanks for sharing.
Very cute idea!
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Precious, beautiful!. . . oh, and the flowers too!
aww, I remember making these when i was a little girl. think we’ll try these this week. thanks!
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Lovely idea, even though it’s not spring Down Under! Just wish my boys were a bit more into the sitting down/handcrafty thing.
Those are great! I think I shall try this this week with my kids! Also, your daughter is precious.
You come up with the most clever and pretty things. Thanks for sharing and the pictures explain things so perfectly.
Awesome Lollipop ButterFly. May I please request a printable saying that says
Just Fluttering By To Wish You a Happy Mother’s Day , and also the one that says Happy Valentines day so I can have it for next year. I think the kids will love making these for all of the moms that will be at our huge Mother’s day gathering.
Thanks!!
Wow, these are fantastic – I love them!
great idea!
kids will love it.
and so do i.
i set a link to this tutorial at my blog.
i hope you’ll agree.
if not, please leave a comment.
thanks, doro.
This would make a perfect Earth Day craft. Thanks so much. I might use this with my playgroup.
What a cute idea! My 4 year old and I attempted to make these flowers today and linked your site from our blog.
http://satorismiles.com/2009/04/06/egg-carton-flower-bouquet/
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