These Christmas egg carton crafts use recycled materials to create these adorable figures that kids will love to make.
Egg cartons make great crafting material. We love a good recycled kids craft, putting materials to use before tossing them in the recycling bin is a great way to teach children about waste and conservation.
These egg carton Christmas crafts are not only fun for kids to make, but also a great use of recycled materials for crafting. From a Christmas tree to a Santa Claus or even some winter animals, there is sure to be a craft on here that your kids will love to make.
6 Egg Carton Christmas Crafts to Make
When crafting with egg cartons, there are many ways you can modify these crafts to be age-appropriate. When crafting with younger kids, think about pre-cutting some of the objects and focus on letting children use the glue stick to practice fine motor skills and also be creative about the placement of their objects.
With older children, allow them the creative freedom to cut out their own pieces to attach to the craft, or think about using a hot glue gun to make the project feel fit for ‘big-kids’. When using tools like a hot glue gun, we do a practice test first, where my kids have to learn the safety rules and show me that they can appropriately use the tool before being granted the permission to use them in crafting. It helps keep them safe, and also practice some personal responsibility.
Santa Egg Carton Craft
This Santa egg carton craft is a recycled kids craft that creates a fun Christmas craft that children will love to create as a DIY toy. Add some felt and cotton to these egg cartons and you have a Santa!
Reindeer Egg Carton Craft
This reindeer egg carton craft combines two egg carton cups, some paint and some paper to make an adorable reindeer that kids will love. Get creative with his antlers and his facial expression for some extra fun.
Penguin Egg Carton Craft
This egg carton penguin craft is made from recycled materials and is the perfect winter craft for preschoolers or young children. What a great addition to the other Winter animals to create here.
Polar Bear Egg Carton Craft
This polar bear egg carton craft is easy and fun for children of all ages to make. This makes a great recyclable winter craft for kids! This is another fun one for kids to get creative with.
Christmas Tree Egg Carton Craft
This Christmas tree egg carton craft is simple for children of all ages to make. Use it as part of your Christmas decor or for play. There are so many different ways you can ‘decorate’ your egg carton Christmas tree.
Angel Egg Carton Craft
This angel egg carton craft is fun and easy to create, plus it’s a great way to use the recyclables for crafting with kids. Give your angel different colored dress and wings to make it your own.
What to do with these Christmas egg carton crafts
We love making sensory bins on this site. There is almost always a seasonal or holiday sensory bin in rotation for my kids to access and play with as they like. Making DIY toys to add to a rice bin is a very simple way to incorporate some crafting and fine motor practice into sensory play.
Make all of these and place them in a bin of white rice as ‘snow’ and add some scoops and bowls, and voila, a perfect Winter bin for tons of fun.
You can also use these as homemade decor that children will love to see displayed around your home, or as something to play with.
Or, place them on your Christmas tree as homemade ornaments! The ideas are endless 🙂
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