Egg tray crafts: ideas and instructions on how to make cool products

Trays from the eggs often accumulate in the house. Many do not know what to do with them or simply throw them away. However, there are many master classes of egg tray crafts made by our own hands. In addition, the egg container is excellent for children's creativity.

Toys

A child will be interested to make a toy out of egg trays, he will be just delighted when the collection will appear a new toy made by himself. It will only need a little help with tips and provide materials will need:

paints;
colored paper;
cardboard;
decorative elements;
PVA glue.

Each toy takes two cells, which must first be painted. Once the paint dries, glue the halves together to form an egg. Then draw a face and other parts of the body, conceived little animal. Decorate with decorative elements.

In addition to animals, you can make a car or a helicopter. Cut out cardboard blades, and use bottle tops as the wheels, you can attach parts of broken toys.

Easter crafts

As an Easter craft out of egg trays you can make a chicken or a hare. They can be made together with a child for the house or as a gift to someone.

You will need:

cardboard;
decorations;
PVA glue.

For the smallest children, there is an option to create the simplest of crafts, consisting of one cell and a picture. You just need to find a beautiful image of a chicken or a bunny, cut it out and glue it on the cell. You can complement it with decorative elements. So you get an original coaster for an Easter egg, which may well act as a gift!

An interesting idea for the craft can be brought to life by cutting out the wings of a chicken from trays, beak and scallop made of cardboard, complete with feathers and fluff. It turns out a wonderful decoration for the holiday.

Fish

From a cardboard egg tray you can make the basis for a beautiful fish. You need to prepare:

trays;
glue gun;
scissors;
black pepper peas;
a pencil.

From the tray to cut twelve cells and round their corners. Inserting one cell into another to form scales. From one cell make a tail by folding it in half and making cuts with scissors. Then place the tail in the body with the scales. Another cell is needed for the dorsal fin, it must be drawn and cut out. The fins on the sides are made the same way. It remains to connect all parts of the fish, the eyes are made from peppercorns. What a nice souvenir!

Frame

A handmade egg tray craft in the form of a frame is a great idea! The material for making it is quite accessible. In addition to the trays you will need:

glue gun;
photo;
a pencil or pen;
cardboard;
scissors.

The process itself is as follows:

take a sheet of cardboard in the form of a rectangle as a base;
Choose a photo or an image and glue it on the cardboard (two centimeters should be left on the perimeter);
Take an egg tray and make different elements from it: flowers, geometrical shapes, etc;
Draw the perimeter of the frame.

Decorations can be made from single elements, as well as to create a three-dimensional composition.

Various decorations

Egg trays are excellent for various decorations of the house, dacha, garden, and everything else. For example, you can make:

bird feeder: hang the tray with a string on a tree or other suitable place and pour food into the cells;
a piggy bank for coins, jewelry, beads, pebbles, buttons, seashells, etc;
charming bouquet of flowers, samples of products can be taken from any sources, to paint at will, to make stems and leaves;
in the cells to pour soil and plant seeds - an excellent device for sprouts;
a decorative box for any items, cover with your favorite flowers, decorate with decorative elements, make a lid, the box can be made in a variety of shapes;
a box for a child, where you can put small toys, crayons, etc., arranging them in cells.

Flowers

Egg trays are excellent for making flowers: roses, snowdrops, tulips, etc. The decoration turns out wonderful, with which you can decorate anything. Also from them you can make an incredibly beautiful composition or topiary. All you need is:

gouache;
glue;
wire;
beads.

Each flower will require a pair of egg tray cells that need to be cut out. One to make with triangular protrusions on the edges, the second - with petals. The number of petals depends on the type of flower to be made. Next, you need:

String a bead on a wire and twist it into a stem, intertwining the two ends;
Glue the prepared cells;
pierce in the middle and insert the finished stem;
connect the flowers to each other.

You can make a lamp by replacing the stem of wire with an LED garland.

The crafts from cardboard egg cartons can be made an incredible variety, some even use them in the decoration of the walls of the room or as a glue ceiling, so try to save them, and then it all depends on your imagination! In addition, this material is easy to work with and can be decorated with anything.