Items to Recycle: (egg cartons, toilet paper roll, margarine lid)
What you need:
For the flowers
- egg cartons (styrofoam or cardboard)
- small colorful candy liners/cups (mini muffin liners/cups – made of paper)
- beads
- thick pipe cleaners (chenille stems)
- scissors
- glitter and glue (optional)
- paint and brushes (optional)
- sharp pencil
For the vase
- paper towel or toilet paper roll
- a yogurt or margarine lid
- magic markers or paint
- glue and glitter
What to do:
For the flowers:
- Cut the egg carton apart so you have individual “cups”.
- Take one egg carton cup and poke a hole in the center of it.
- Poke a hole in the center of a candy/muffin liner.
- Place the candy liner inside the egg carton cup and feed a pipe cleaner through the holes.
- Place a bead or two on the end of the pipe cleaner (inside the candy liner) and twist the ends to hold the beads on.
- Repeat until you have a bouquet of flowers.
For the vase:
- To create the vase, simply decorate a paper towel or toilet paper roll using paint or markers.
- Next, take a yogurt lid, cover it with glue and sprinkle glitter on the glue (this is optional).
- Then, glue the toilet paper tube to the yogurt lid and let dry. (see photo of finished product)
Tips:
- You might choose to paint the egg carton cups. However, leaving them plain is fine, especially if your candy liners are nice and colorful.
- If you can’t find colorful candy liners, use magic markers to jazz up plain ones.
- Use muffin liners if you can’t find candy liners.
