Another fun recycling craft using an egg box, this time to make a cute sea turtle.
What you’ll need:
- An egg box
- Green paint or felt pen
- A pipe cleaner
- A Pom Pom
- Googley eyes
- Scissors, sellotape and a glue gun (can do without glue gun)
What to do:
- Cut the egg box into individual egg holders
- Paint one egg holder green or colour in with felt pens
- Cut a pipe cleaner into quarters and fold each quarter into a loop for the feet. Stick the ends of the loop to each corner of the dried egg holder. Either use sellotape or a glue gun (more secure).
- Use a glue gun or very strong glue to stick a Pom Pom onto the front of the egg holder to be the head.
- Add googley eyes to the Pom Pom head to complete
Hints and tips:
– You can colour the egg carton to make it green, but painting gives a more complete coverage, even if it’s messier.
– If you don’t own a glue gun then superglue should work to stick on the Pom Pom head and googley eyes, and sellotape for the feet.
– You could use brown tissue paper to add a pattern to the turtle’s shell.
– You could use the remaining parts of the egg box to make other sea creatures, e.g. an Octopus or Whale
Recycle and Reimagine 