How to make eggbox flowers
Create colourful flowers out of eggboxes in this fun craft activity that's easy for toddlers to do. Here's how
We really rate this cheerful, easy, 20-minute toddler activity, that just needs old eggboxes, buttons and lashings of small-person-applied paint.
Abi, one of the brilliant crafter mums in our MadeForMums Community, tried this one out with her daughter Maisie, 2, and says it was a great success.
Maisie loved the painting part – she loves getting a bit messy! – and she also really enjoyed pushing the buttons into the centre of the flowers
Here's how to make eggbox flowers:
You will need:
- Eggbox (a big one will make more flowers)
- Scissors
- Paint
- Coloured pens and decorations of your choice
- Paper straws or lolly sticks
- Sticky tape (optional)
- Buttons or pompoms
- Glue
Step 1: Divide the eggbox and paint the sections
Cut your eggbox up into sections of 4 'cups'. You'll get 1 section out of a 6-egg eggbox; 4 sections out of a 12-egg eggbox. Each section will make 1 flower. Let your child paint each section.
Step 2: Decorate and fix on the stalk
Wait for the paint to dry, then decorate the flowers with coloured pens and stickers – or any other decorations you fancy. Then turn the flowers over and make two holes near the top of each flower's 'prong'. Slide a paper straw or lolly stick through the hole – and secure, if needed, with sticky tape.
Step 3: Push a button into the centre of the petals
Flip the flowers over again, dab a little glue into the centre dip of each flower and push a button or pompon into the dip.
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And now you're done!
Pics: Abi Walker
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