Egg carton animals craft

Egg Carton Animals

Don’t throw away that egg carton! It’s great for crafts, especially when it comes to making our super cute egg carton animals.

These crazy critters are easy to make and everything you need is right in your craft room. This is a great spring craft to do with the kids that will surely keep them busy!

However, we must admit the beaks are awfully tiny and make these guys somewhat fragile, so you’re better off using them only for display.

Egg carton animals instructions

How to Make Egg Carton Animals

what you'll need
bunny
  • egg cartons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • paint (white and black)
  • paintbrushes
  • white pom pom
chick
  • egg cartons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • paint (yellow and black)
  • paintbrushes
owl
  • egg cartons
  • scissors
  • glue
  • paint (aqua, yellow, white and black)
  • paintbrushes
let's do it
bunny
  1. Remove the top half of the egg carton and save if making animals other than bunnies. Cut out 3 individual cups from the bottom half of the carton, using scissors. Trim the rim and remove. For the body, stack 2 of the cups together so the openings meet. Glue together then set aside.
  2. Using the third cup, leave one half intact for the face. Keeping the halves attached, cut out 2 ears from the other half (refer to photos).
  3. Paint all pieces white and allow them to dry. Once dry, paint the inner ears and nose pink then add pink blush to the cheeks. Dab on 2 dots of black paint for the eyes then allow paint to dry.
  4. Attach face piece to body, adhere with glue then add a pom pom in the back as the tail.
chick
  1. Cut out 2 individual cups from the bottom half of an egg carton using scissors. Trim the rim and remove. For the body, stack 2 of the cups together so the openings meet. Glue together then set aside.
  2. To make a beak, cut out a small, triangular shape—about ¼" long—from the top half of the egg carton. Adhere it to the face slightly above where you glued the two halves of the cup together.
  3. Paint the chick yellow, allow it to dry then dab 2 small dots of black paint above the beak for eyes.
owl
  1. Cut out 2 individual cups from the bottom half of an egg carton using scissors. Trim the rim and remove. For the body, stack 2 of the cups together so the openings meet. Glue together then set aside.
  2. To make a beak, cut out a small, triangular shape—about ¼" long—from the top half of the egg carton. Paint it yellow, allow it to dry then adhere to the face slightly above where you glued the two halves of the cup together.
  3. Paint the owl aqua, allow it to dry then paint black ‘feathers’ on the tummy. Paint two white flower-like eyes above the beak. Once dry, dab on two small dots of black paint for pupils.
Cheryl Says
You can use a black permanent marker instead of paint for drawing small details.

Egg carton animals craft