Beautiful Egg Carton Crafts

I know there are so many different things you can do with egg cartons, from making animals to flowers to the American flag, but today I wanted to focus on some kind of elevated egg carton crafts that maybe older kids (or even adults!) to use those cartons in creative and beautiful ways.

What got me started down this path were these egg carton geodes that kept showing up in my Pinterest feed. They’re from Family & Craft Online, and it’s a very old school presentation but the description of how to do it looks good.

I started looking around for more creative uses of egg cartons and found these fantastic mushrooms from Art Bar Blog. I love how they all look so different even using similar materials. This would be a fun project for a craft day with a group of kids or adults who want to make a little something cute that doesn’t take a ton of time or supplies.

I mentioned flowers above, but the egg carton flowers used to decorate fairy lights in this tutorial from Sendomatic take egg carton flowers to the next level. Or how about this gorgeous rose-bordered mirror from Bliss Bloom Blog? Or these sweet cherry blossoms from Crafts by Amanda? So cute!

In the Playroom made adorable teacup greeting cards, which would be great for Mother’s Day or a tea lover’s birthday, or you can just use them as decoration.

I also adore the egg carton animals from Viridian Art Studios (this one is a video tutorial), which you can make as animals like is shown in the video, or try making self portraits, or illustrate characters from a favorite book, make your teacher as a teacher appreciation gift, the ideas are as endless as the number of egg cartons coming through your house!

Lots of Americans seem to think that May 5 is Mexican Independence Day, but that holiday actually falls on Sept. 16.

May 5 is the celebration of the Battle of Puebla, in which the Mexicans defeated the French in 1862. Independence Day marks the beginning of their fight for independence from Spain in 1810. That was the day of what’s known as El Grito de Dolores, or the cry of Dolores, for when the Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla rang the church bells at his church in Dolores and declared that Mexico should be free from Spanish rule.

They would fight for their freedom until 1821 when they finally gained independence.

Fabulous Classroom has a little of the history and ideas for celebrating the holiday for all age groups. There’s also a link to a good video in that post about the real story of Mexican Independence Day.

Twinkl also has a good tops about the history and different activities, discussion ideas, crafts and foods that can be incorporated into lessons at school or used at home.

I also found a few pins that no longer link to a website but include good information on Mexican Independence Day, including some questions for students to answer based on the reading. You can find more printables and questions for kids from TX Homeschool Mama on Etsy (also available in Spanish).

You can find a lot more paid resources about Mexican Independence Day at Teachers Pay Teachers.

Mexican flag crafts are a fun option for celebrating Mexican Independence Day (though the current iteration of their flag has only been in use since 1968). Kids Activities Blog has a free Mexican flag printable and a few different ideas for decorating it including dot markers and torn tissue paper.

You can also find some great Mexican crafts at Red Ted Art. The post includes all sorts of Mexican inspired projects including Day of the Dead crafts, Frida Kahlo pinatas and upcycled musical instruments. I love the giant paper flowers they shared from Honestly WTF.

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