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Egg Carton Characters

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Ages: 6-8

30 minutes

Grownup needed

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Five small Halloween-themed figures crafted from repurposed egg cartons sit on a light wood-grain surface. From left to right, they depict: a friendly white ghost with googly eyes and rosy cheeks; a Dracula figure with a black cape, red bow tie, and fangs; a jack-o'-lantern with a green stem; a witch wearing a black hat and green dress; and a Frankenstein's monster figure in green with black hair. These figures are likely a children's craft project for Halloween decoration.

Are you ready for a monster party? Using ordinary egg cartons from home, you can create your own kingdom of monster dolls! These cute and quirky creatures come in all sorts of shapes, with various colours and expressions, allowing children to unleash their unlimited creativity.

Materials Needed

Egg cartons
Paintbrushes
Paint
Paint palette
Pencil
Markers
Scissors
Glue
Stick-on eyes
Coloured card paper
Adult supervision required

An assortment of craft supplies arranged on a light wood-grain table suggests preparation for a children's art project. The supplies include an empty egg carton, a paintbrush, scissors, a sheet of bright green construction paper, a pencil, several colored markers, small adhesive googly eyes, two tubes of paint (likely acrylic or tempera), a bottle of white glue, and a flower-shaped plastic paint palette with some dried paint remnants. This flat lay image likely illustrates the materials needed for a specific craft activity.

Step-by-step tutorial

Step 1

Start by cutting apart the egg carton.

Two hands are shown interacting with a cardboard egg carton on a light wood-grain table. One hand holds the carton while the other hand uses scissors to cut it. In the background, a small ghost figure made from an egg carton, a paint palette, and several markers are visible, indicating that this image captures a stage in a crafting process using recycled materials.

Step 2

Trim the edges of the cut pieces carefully, maintaining the egg cup shapes.

Two hands are using scissors to trim a small, cone-shaped piece cut from a cardboard egg carton. Three other similar egg carton pieces lie on the light wood-grain work surface. This close-up image suggests a step-by-step crafting process, likely involving repurposing the egg carton cups to create small figures or decorative items.

Step 3

Prepare 12 trimmed egg carton pieces.

Several cone-shaped pieces cut from a cardboard egg carton are arranged in a row on a light wood-grain surface. The pieces vary slightly in size, with some appearing to have been trimmed more than others. They are all the same light yellow-brown color as the original carton. This image likely shows prepared components for a craft project, ready to be decorated or assembled.

Step 4

Design your characters! Arrange the egg carton pieces in your preferred configuration and lightly sketch your character designs with pencil.

Two hands are shown working on small figures made from egg carton cups on a light wood-grain table. One hand holds a figure while the other draws a face onto it with a pencil. Several other egg carton figures, also with pencil-drawn faces, are visible. This image captures the process of creating simple characters from recycled materials, likely as part of a children's craft activity.

Step 5

After sketching, start painting your basic colours! Let your imagination run wild to create unique egg carton characters.

Two hands are painting an orange egg carton cup on a light wood-grain table. A paintbrush applies orange paint to the cup. Several other painted egg carton cups are visible in the background: one unpainted, one with a black base and white top, one with a purple base and green top, and one fully painted green. This image demonstrates the stages of painting upcycled egg carton crafts.

Step 6

Once dry, apply glue to the bottom of the pieces and assemble them securely.

Two hands are applying glue to an egg carton cup on a light wood-grain table. One hand holds the cup while the other squeezes glue from a small bottle. In the background, four other egg carton cups are visible, each painted in different colors or stages of painting (orange, black and white, purple and green, and fully green). This image illustrates a step in a crafting process using recycled materials.

Step 7

Use markers to draw your favourite expressions on your egg carton characters.

Two hands are drawing a jack-o'-lantern face on an orange painted egg carton cup using a black marker. Several other decorated egg carton figures are lined up on the light wood-grain table behind it. These figures include an unpainted cup, a vampire with a white top and black body, Frankenstein's monster with a green body and brown hair, and another figure with a black body and green top. This image shows the final steps in creating Halloween-themed characters from recycled egg cartons.

Step 8

Peel off the backing from the stick-on eyes and attach them to your characters.

Two hands are adding googly eyes to a small Halloween character made from a painted egg carton cup. The character has a green head, black body, and purple base. Four other completed egg carton figures are arranged on the light wood-grain table: a ghost (white with googly eyes), a jack-o'-lantern (orange with a drawn face), a vampire (white and black with red eyes), and Frankenstein's monster (green with brown hair and googly eyes). This image showcases finished Halloween crafts made from recycled egg cartons.

Step 9

Take your coloured card paper and cut out decorative elements of your choice.

Two hands are cutting a small piece of red and black striped paper with scissors. In the background, five completed Halloween characters made from painted egg carton cups are displayed on a light wood-grain table. The characters are a ghost, a jack-o'-lantern, a vampire, Frankenstein's monster, and a green-faced monster with a black body and purple base. This image suggests an additional crafting step, perhaps creating accessories for the egg carton figures.

Step 10

Glue these decorations onto your egg carton characters, and they're complete!

Two hands are placing a small black witch's hat on a Halloween character made from painted egg carton cups. The character has a green face, googly eyes, a black body, and a purple base. Four other egg carton figures are displayed on the light wood-grain table: a ghost, a jack-o'-lantern with a green stem, a vampire, and Frankenstein's monster with green arms. This image demonstrates the completion of a Halloween craft project using recycled materials.

Step 11

Use your imagination to create your own unique egg carton characters!

Five Halloween characters crafted from painted egg carton cups are lined up on a light wood-grain table. From left to right: a friendly ghost with rosy cheeks, paper wings, and googly eyes; a vampire with a red bow tie and googly eyes; a jack-o'-lantern with a green stem; a witch with a black hat, black cape, and googly eyes; and Frankenstein's monster with green arms and googly eyes. This image displays the final products of a Halloween craft project using recycled egg cartons.

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