Egg cartons- A multi-tool

YES... this post is about egg cartons. And yes, there are more ways of using egg cartons than just holding your eggs. So here are my ways:


1. Paint... it holds paint AWESOME! I cut out strips of them (say we have 4 colors, I cut out four). Easy to clean up and perfect for paint brushes.

 This one happens to hold puffy paint.. just waiting to be painted onto a penguin.

The lids are great as a pallet.. especially if you're into mixing paints to discover colors. I cut this into 2 so we could use it for 2 children.


2. Another way to use it is a counting game. I used a sharpie to write numbers on the sides of the cups. Then, I gave my son cheerios, raisins, M&M (those disappeared faster than anything) and he had to put the right number of snacks in each cup (I started at 10-22 because he knows how to count to 10). You can start with 1-10 though as well. Lots and fun.. and then they eat up the mess afterwards! Keep the egg carton for another time.

3. Faux Goggles. I took two cups (attached across from each other) and cut them away from the other 10. Cut a small hole in the bottom of both, and punch a hole of the sides. String a string through and tie them off like goggles.

As a cute lesson about owls: Owls can't move their eyes! Have your child try on these glasses and put something in their peripheral vision. They can't see it without turning their heads. They'll probably want to try it multiple times with the goggles on and off to figure it completely out.

I know there are TONS more ways to use egg cartons.. these are just a few :) So save those egg cartons and recycle them once you're finished having fun!