Materials
- One egg carton - not the styrofoam kind (cut and use only the bottoms of the egg carton)
- Red paint
- Background card stock
I cut the bottom 3/4" of each egg holder, we painted them and glued them on card stock. When everything was dry we also painted the spaces between the cut egg holders. That's it!
I'm sorry I don't have any photos of the process. It was too dark here to take anything decent.
Tips & Variations
- Make sure that when you cut the egg holders that all your edges are on the same level. If they're not it will be difficult to glue them to the card stock.
- We only used one egg carton because our frame wasn't large enough for something more elaborate but I would be willing to bet that this will look better if at least two egg cartons are used. As it is, I think the frame we used is still too snug. I like to have a nice wide border around a piece like this.
- If you don't have a handy frame available attach a ribbon to the heart and hang it on its own.
Enjoy!
18 comments:
Cute! I could see myself making something like this. At first I thought you had red egg cartons where you live. Though I have seen pink ones!
i love this too!
i am so interested: i've noticed you frame alot of your work - do you rotate your work, or do you leave your artwork up once and for all?
Thanks Melissa. Your comment made me realize that I hadn't mentioned that we didn't use styrofoam egg cartons. We used the cardboard type versions.
And thank you Lucky. Actually we have three frames that we rotate the work out of. We don't have a lot of free wall space but we do have a small space that is only dedicated to the recycling projects I work with my kids.
I absolutely love this. It is right up my alley. I love to see different things for Valentines.
this is fantastic patricia! I just shared it on babycenter. I figured you wouldn't mind, seeing as you're becoming a regular over there in my posts! :)
Thank you both! And thank you Molly for your post. Of course I don't mind! :)
YOU ROCK IT!
merci
I loved this so much I entered it over at the Winter Bazaar, I hope that's okay with you :)
This is FABULOUS. I have an empty egg carton in my recycle bin SCREAMING to be made into a heart. Thank you for an easy, afternoon activity.
I always enjoy how you take every day items and turn them into something brillant. This heart is no exception, very clever.
jessica
I think the best touch is that you framed it!
I love the project but especially the fact that you framed it.
this is cool one, i will spent some time to do it and show you then ya.
by the way, i have added you link in my blog, love to read your blog and website.
cheers,
jamie
www.theprezzie.blogspot.com
Terrific project! I love the shade of red... it seems so deep and intense. Did you use a certain type of paint, or was the egg carton a certain color to get that result?
We loved doing this. Thanks for the great idea!
Thank you all! I'm so glad you like the project.
Boliyou - We used acrylic paint. I think the color stayed rich because of the egg carton itself. You'll notice a slight change of the color where I painted between the egg carton pieces. The paper absorbed the paint differently there.
So cute! Thanks a bunch for sharing this idea.
The hardest part is to find the non-plastic cartons - I love egg carton crafts. I hope it's okay that I added a link to this green Valentine craft from Kids Valentine Crafts at Squidoo.
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