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How to… Make Blossom Fairy Lights (from Egg Cartons)!

January 13, 2021

Well well well, this week’s “how to” is a little early in the week (no how to on Friday) AND my kids helped me make it – egg carton blossom fairy lights! I love love love Spring – in particular blossoms – so thought a blossom egg carton craft would be perfect! Many more GREAT Spring Crafts for Preschoolers here!

Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers
First shared in April 2012 and also features in my firs craft book – Red Ted Art, 60 Cute & Easy Crafts!

I thought that they looked so pretty even those amongst us without children may enjoy having a go at them, hence a “how to” and not “kids craft”.. They are now proudly strung up in the entrance to our “family/ kitchen area”, so pretty much all our visitors see them, when they first come in! We adore these Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights. I hope you do too!!

We made some pink blossoms as “cherry tree” spring flowers.. and some yellow flowers, meant to me daffodil fairy lights. The daffodils on their own could make a lovely St David’s Day Craft too… don’t you think?

Please note: Never leave Fairy Lights on unattended.

Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers

So. Egg cartons!

We made these as part of Tinker Lab’s Egg Carton craft challenge. If you don’t know Tinker Lab, then it is about time you do (but I am pretty certain you may have come across her already) – beautiful and fun crafts and activities for little people. I am sure you will always find something that will inspire you. She runs bi-monthly craft challenges and this month’s was egg cartons! Fabulous. We haven’t really crafted much with egg cartons before (save for our egg carton boats AGES ago), so it was a really nice challenge for us to come back to! And I have been collecting egg cartons for weeks, so now we have plenty of crafty material for us to get stuck in.

We decided to get all “Springy” and make “classic” daffodils and cherry blossom – but with a twist… we added glitter and fairy lights and hey presto – you have magic in your home!

Egg Carton Fairy Lights – Materials

  • Egg cartons, paint (pink & yellow),
  • eco friendly glitter (pink, gold and in our case blue),
  • glue,
  • scissors,
  • paint &
  • a set of plain fairy lights

How to make Egg Carton Flowers for Fairy Lights

Egg Carton Spring Crafts.Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers

1. Cut out your “egg carton” cases. I noticed that one of our boxes had little grooves running down them, so I cut “petal shapes” along these. These then became our cherry blossom. The “plain” cups our daffodils.

Egg Carton Spring Crafts. Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers

2. Get the children to paint! We had about 15 of each shape. Red Ted happily painted about 7 of them in great detail. Pip Squeak managed about 5.  (Look at Pip Squeak’s happy little face!). Then they got bored and moved on to handprinting. I finished them off for them!

Egg Carton Crafts

(I love that Pip Squeak’s are not a uniform  colour…)

Spring Crafts

(…whilst Red Ted’s are “perfect”!)

3. Let dry in the sunshine.

Egg Cartons. Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers

4. Add some PVA glue on the inside of your flowers – but not the centre (you will cut a hole here later) and add glitter. Then shake shake shake the glitter from one cup to the next.

spring blossom craft. Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers

5. Dry some more.

6. With nail scissors (I have  special pair for crafting), cut small holes into the centres and pop you egg cups over your fair lights.

Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers
Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers
Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers

7. Switch on. Hang. Admire.

Gorgeous Egg Carton Blossom Fairy Lights for Kids to make. Love how easy these Cherry Blossom and Daffodil lights are to make using old Egg Cartons. Never leave lights unattended. #blossom #spring #springcrafts #eggcartons #preschoolers

Please note: Never leave Fairy Lights on unattended.

What do you reckon? Thumbs up to this egg carton spring crafts? Would you have a go? Which colours would you choose?

Now if you like egg carton crafts – why not join in the special egg carton link up party organised by Tinker Lab? We would love to see what you got up to!

Done!

Come join the Egg Carton challenge!

More wonderful Spring Crafts for Preschoolers here:

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Filed Under: How To's, Kids Craft, Recycling, Spring 58 Comments

Comments

  1. Rebekah @ The Golden Gleam says

    April 9, 2012 at 4:05 am

    You never fail to amaze me! Such a pretty craft, and the glitter adds that special touch! Love it!

    Reply
  2. Red Ted Art says

    April 9, 2012 at 6:27 am

    Oh my, Rebekah, what a gorgeous comment to make. THANK YOU. It means a lot to me 🙂

    Reply
  3. Rachelle | TinkerLab says

    April 9, 2012 at 7:11 am

    You and your kids are geniuses! They\’re beautiful, Maggy and I\’m thrilled that you joined the challenge.

    Reply
  4. sarah lambert says

    April 9, 2012 at 9:40 am

    WOW what a great idea they are utterly beautiful and look very profeesionally made 🙂 Well done

    Reply
  5. Red Ted Art says

    April 9, 2012 at 9:43 am

    Thank you @Rachelle – I LOVE LOVE LOVE your challenges and look forward to the next one!!

    Thank you @Sarah 🙂 the children will be chuffed that you think they are professional 🙂

    Reply
  6. Rashmie @ Mommy Labs says

    April 9, 2012 at 12:49 pm

    Maggy, these are genius! Breathtakingly beautiful!
    I\’m sure people entering your home would beam with Ooohhs and Aaaahhhs!
    The sprinkles are like fairy dust!
    Can\’t stop admiring…

    Reply
  7. Red Ted Art says

    April 9, 2012 at 12:54 pm

    🙂 thank you Rashmie. I was surprised at quite how effective they were. It was an experiment that worked out well! You should have seen all our faces, when I turned off the light and turned on the fairy lights for the first time. Oooooh. And. Aaaaah.

    Reply
  8. MiaB says

    April 9, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    We made Egg Carton flowers too…but yours are GORGEOUS!!! I\’m so impressed 🙂

    Reply
  9. Allison says

    April 9, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    Wow these are gorgeous. How clever!

    Reply
  10. Red Ted Art says

    April 9, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    Thank you 🙂 heading your way now to see your flowers! Love Egg Carton flowers!!!

    Reply
  11. Trisha @ Inspiration Laboratories says

    April 9, 2012 at 2:09 pm

    I love this idea! So pretty.

    Reply
  12. Mansi says

    April 9, 2012 at 2:54 pm

    I have decided what to do with rest of the egg cartons left after our project. The execution is superb! The glitters are quite innovative. I loved it and so does my little one:)

    Reply
  13. Lisa says

    April 9, 2012 at 6:25 pm

    That is an amazing idea, got me thinking now about other things to do with led light strings! I love the piccies of the kids, they look like they are having such fun!

    Reply
  14. Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says

    April 9, 2012 at 6:50 pm

    Ohhhh these are gorgeous – I can\’t wait to try these out to decorate our playhouse in the garden when it\’s built next to fairy hollow.

    Reply
  15. Red Ted Art says

    April 9, 2012 at 7:29 pm

    Thank you for your lovely comments 🙂

    Reply
  16. jen | paintcutpaste.com says

    April 9, 2012 at 8:21 pm

    these are so lovely!!! i want some!

    Reply
  17. Chrissy @ The Outlaw Mom Blog says

    April 10, 2012 at 5:50 am

    Yes, I totally would do these! I can imagine these in the kids\’ room with the lights off. They would get such a kick out of it. I, myself, loved the touch of glitter in each one 🙂

    Reply
  18. Jill @ A Mom With A Lesson Plan says

    April 11, 2012 at 12:58 pm

    How pretty! These fairy lights would be gorgeous (and cheap ;)) party decorations! I think I\’ll book mark this for later.

    Reply
  19. Jackie says

    April 11, 2012 at 7:00 pm

    These are beautiful. If I hadn\’t just used my egg cartons for blocks for the tinkerlab challenge, I would make a set of these. I guess we\’ll have to eat more eggs because these are too pretty not to make!!

    Reply
  20. Red Ted Art says

    April 12, 2012 at 4:34 pm

    Thank you everyone!! And luckily egg cartons are easily to come by.. so you should be able to rustle up a set in no time… 😉

    Reply
  21. Sian says

    April 14, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    So lovely and great for kids to do! have just found your site, will be visiting again : )

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      April 14, 2012 at 6:30 pm

      Thank you Sian! And so nice of you to comment and say you will stop by again! Look forward to it!!

      Reply
  22. Emma @Mummymummymum says

    April 16, 2012 at 1:09 pm

    Wow, they are amazing!

    Reply
  23. Amanda @ Dirt and Boogers says

    April 17, 2012 at 6:15 pm

    These are amazing…and how creative! Thank you so much for linking up to The Weekly Kid’s Co-op.

    Reply
  24. Laura says

    April 25, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    These are absolutely gorgeous. And then when I got to the bottom of the post I couldn’t believe all the things that you can do with egg boxes. Fantastic ideas.

    Reply
  25. becky says

    April 26, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    OOh we are going to do this this weekend perfect for may day celebrations. You are so clever!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      April 26, 2012 at 7:40 pm

      Oooh fab!! Hope you have fun! Would love to see a photo!

      Reply
  26. Amy* says

    May 3, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    These are so pretty and fun! I’m sure they look delightful in your entryway. Your little assistants seem to be having a blast with this project and will have fond memories of this creation for years to come 🙂

    Amy*

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      May 3, 2012 at 4:12 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  27. Kelly says

    May 29, 2012 at 7:41 pm

    We just made these over the weekend. We used colored lights, and a random assortment of colors for the paint and glitter.
    It turned out ADORABLE.
    Thank you so much for the inspiration!

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      May 30, 2012 at 12:26 pm

      Oh I am SO pleased 🙂 WOULD LOVE to see any photos you may have? You can easily share them on my Fb wall?

      Reply
  28. Lisha says

    April 2, 2013 at 3:34 am

    What a really lovely idea to light up one’s home!!

    You have SUCH easy and lovely crafting ideas and I would love to do some of them with my kids. Also I hope to share some of these ideas on an Art & Craft Special sometime in the near future with my parenting page fans at http://www.facebook.com/ConsciousParentingApproach – we have a new theme each month and this month, it’s Teaching and Learning Special. Please do stop by and say Hello to us – it would be lovely to meet you there! 🙂

    Reply
  29. Carolyn says

    April 29, 2013 at 7:25 am

    I can’t wait to make this craft and hang it in my living room. It can give my room a classic look as well.

    Reply
  30. TJ Anderson says

    February 22, 2014 at 9:18 pm

    I feel silly asking this, but I get my eggs in styrafoam containers. Are your crafts mainly paper containers or both? I would love to make the fairy lights! Thank you, TJ

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      February 23, 2014 at 12:54 pm

      Ah yes, some countries have different egg cartons. Ours generally from carton.. sorry! 🙁

      Reply
    • melissa says

      March 4, 2016 at 3:53 pm

      Don’t feel silly, i had the same question.

      Reply
  31. Scott Henson says

    November 9, 2014 at 9:42 pm

    We made these with my granddaughter but instead of the fair lights we used LEDs and controlled the light-up patterns with an Arduino. The glitter inside looks like a disco ball, especially on the brighter LEDs. Overall, very nice project!

    Reply
  32. Melissa French, The More With Less Mom says

    June 19, 2015 at 5:45 pm

    These are so pretty! I have a bunch of egg cartons lying around. I have shared this on my Magical Things Fairy Day Roundup post.

    Reply
    • Red Ted Art says

      June 22, 2015 at 10:49 am

      Fabulous! Thank you 🙂

      Reply

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