So, what do you do with
all of those empty egg cartons? Hopefully not throw them away! With
these great little projects, you can have beautiful "tulips"
blooming in your house all year long!
Materials needed:
Clean cardboard egg cartons
Scissors
Green chenille (pipe cleaners)
Glue
Paint
**Parents will
need to help cut through the egg cartons.
Please be careful**
Procedure:
Separate a few of the egg
cups from the rest of the pack, saving the little "buds"
between the cups.
Trim the cups to resemble
tulips - refer to picture.
Trim the "buds"
the same way. These will be on the bottom of the flower to
provide a more realistic look.
Paint the larger cup your
favorite flower color. Paint the small bud green.
Once the paint dries, poke
a hole through the centers of the bud and flower.
Thread a piece of green chenille
downward from the cup, leaving about an inch hanging out of
the top. Bend this inch in half to create the 'stamin'.
Put a drop of glue on the
underside of the flower to secure the chenille. Thread bud
upside-down onto bottom of flower.
Place a drop of glue on the
underside of the bud to secure chenille.
Bend chenille to form leaves,
or stick straight down into container. Enjoy!
