If eating eggs makes you feel crafty (and let’s face it, who doesn’t get in the mood for a little DIY after a nice omelet), then have I got the project for you!
Here’s what you’ll need:
- One egg crate (the most common colors are this neutral greige or purple, but I don’t have any purple in my house, so I went neutral…shocking, I know)
- Glue gun + glue (sometimes, I feel really guilty using Glen the Glue Gun so much since I tend to talk about how ugly he is; it’s like those mean girls in movies who charm the nerdy guy so they can steal his math answers)
- Scissors
- Decorative beads of your choice
1. Cut up each individual “cup” of your egg carton. You’ll need two per flower:
2. Cut a deep V into the “valley” between each of the points, like so:
3. When all of your V cuts are made, round the edges of your points, so they look like this:
4. Squeeze a generous glob of hot-glue onto the bottom flower layer, then press the top layer firmly into the bottom, holding until the glue has dried:
5. Gently press your petals outward to open up your flower:
6. Squeeze some more hot-glue into the center or your flower, and add your larger beads first (in my case, faux pearls from the kids’ jewelry section at Wally-World).
7. More glue, and the rest of your beads later, you should have something like this:
That’s it! You’re done! Whaaaat?!
Now…what to do with these cuties?
I’m not much of a trend-follower, but it’s impossible to look at anything in the blogosphere without gathering that cloches are huge right now. I just happened to have found an adorable version at Goodwill for $2, so I had a little fun with that:
This is just the wooden base without the glass dome, but I think the contrast of the worn wood against the textured flowers and the subtle sparkle of the beads is so pretty.
I really love neutrals. I do. But at heart, I’m a true color-girl, as you guys well know, so of course, I had to spray paint one of my flowers a deep teal (Rustoleum’s Dark Tide, in case you’re wondering), and plunk the whole thing down in my breakfast nook, which features this fabulous Pottery Barn fabric called Bettina.
It works, no?
I also remembered this lovely little vintage (Goodwill, of course) candlestick languishing unadorned inside my glass-front kitchen cabinet, and before I even knew what my hands were up to, I’d popped another flower on top.
And you know what? It worked too!
**Update: I wanted some sparkle in my guest bathroom, and these flowers seemed just right, so I took a little of this:
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Glitter
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Wooden kabob skewers
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3:1 Elmer’s to water concoction
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Sponge brush
I gave the outside of my petals a quick brush with my glue mixture, then generously sprinkled them with glitter, tapping the flower against the bowl to remove the excess glitter.
All glitzed up on the outside. I did the exact same glue + glitter process on the inside of my petals once the first round dried.
I cut my skewers by making a notch with a pair of kitchen shears and then gently breaking them in half. (I did the same thing to the sharp tip as well).
Then I dabbed a little hot glue on the bottom of my flowers and held a skewer in place until it was dry enough to stand up straight.
I already had this little creamer from Goodwill ($1), so I arranged my glitter flowers inside and added it to my guest bathroom shelf in preparation for my Feature Friday reveal.
I love the touch of glamour they add without overwhelming the space.
So, tell me…will you be making these, and if so, where will you put them?
See you tomorrow for Wardrobe Wednesday. I’ve got round two of last week’s hair-do all ready for you!
Monday ~ The DIY Showoff Project Parade ~ Made by You Mondays ~ Embellishing Life Everyday ~ Just Something I whipped up Monday ~ The CSI project ~ Menu Plan Monday ~ C.R.A.F.T. ~ The Southern Institute ~ Making the World Cuter ~ Thrify Décor Chick ~ Metamorphosis Monday ~ Sumo Sweet Stuff ~ Gunny Sack ~ Singing Three Little Birds ~DIY Homes Sweet Home ~ Dittle Dattle ~ 1929 Charmer ~ Everything Under the Moon ~ ModMix Monday ~ Sew Stylish ~ Coastal Charm ~ Under the Table and Dreaming
Tuesday ~ Get Your Craft ~ Tip Junkie ~ Blackberry Vine ~ Crafty Confessions ~ Me & my Boys ~ A Bowl Full of Lemons ~ Home Stories A-Z ~ My Uncommon Slice of Suberbia ~ Carolyn’s Homework ~ Sugar Bee Crafts ~ House of Grace ~ Passionately Artisitc ~ My World Made by Hand ~ Uncommon Designs ~ Trendy Treehouse
Wednesday ~ Blue Cricket Design ~ Somedays Crafts ~ Sew Much Ado ~ Sew Woodsy ~ Handy Man, Crafty Woman ~ Savvy Southern Style ~ {Primp} ~ Midweek Fiesta ~ Rae Gun Ramblings ~ Polkadots On Parade ~ Lollipop Cards ~ JAQS Studio ~ Let Birdz Fly ~ Let Birdz Fly ~ My Girlish Whims
Thursday ~ Transformation Thursdays ~ Somewhat simple ~ Show off your stuff ~ House of Hepworths ~ Delightful Order ~ My Simple Home Life ~ The Frugal Girls ~ Thrifty Thursday ~ DIY Diva Thursday ~ Tablescape Thursday ~ No Minimalists Here ~ Crafty, Scrappy, Happy ~ Thrifty Decorating ~ Between U and Me ~ 36th Avenue
Friday ~ The Shabby nest ~ Show and Tell Friday ~ Finding Fabulous ~ I’m Loving it ~ Simply Sweet Home ~ Whipper Berry ~ Chic on a Shoestring decorating ~ Spunky Junky ~ Delicate Construction ~ Homemaker in Heels ~ Family Ever After~ French Country Cottage ~ Common Ground ~ Young And Crafty ~ At the Picket Fence ~ Fingerprints on the Fridge ~ Miss Mustard Seed ~ Addicted to Decorating ~Bacon Time with The Hungry Hypo ~ Making Lemonade ~ I Can’t Stop Crafting ~ Over the Big Moon ~ Shabby Art ~ Answer is Chocolate
Saturday ~ I heart nap time- Sundae Scoop ~ Tatertots and Jello ~ Be different Act Normal ~ Funky Junk ~ 2805 ~ Making Lemonade Blog ~I am Along for the Ride ~ Lolly Jane
Sundays ~ Homemaker on a Dime ~ Sunday’s Best
I used this tutorial for my school workshop. The children were delighted. Thank you very much. Greetings from Croatia.
You’re SO welcome! ; )
That’s awesome, Whitney! I’ve never really been in a glitzed and glammed up library before. 🙂 I ber it’s great!
Abbie I love this idea! I work in a public library and we’re using the egg carton flowers for a seasonal display board! (You can never have too much glamour and glitz in a library, after all 🙂
That is so awesome! I’m following from HOH.
Cinthya
http://www.eyeheart.ca
You’re SO welcome! ; )
I was given an egg crate and had no idea what to create with it…but now I DO! 🙂 Thank you so much!
I am a more recent follower and I’ve been reading everything I could possibly find on your blog! This is perhaps my most favorite project so far! I even wrote a post about it myself with my own creations: https://thecolorsoflight.blogspot.com/2012/01/egg-carton-flowers.html
Thanks so much for sharing! I adore your creativity and wonderful ideas!
These are a lot prettier than I expected them to be. I usually equate egg carton crafts with kids projects. You’ve inspired me!
Oh I TOTALLY love this little repurpose project!! Great project to do with kiddos! Love, Love, Love!!! Pinning it <3
It’s me again. Just featured this today here and pinned on my Pinterest. Thanks for sharing at the Creative Bloggers’ Party & Hop 🙂
Chellieke! I’m so sorry it took me a while to respond. Thank you for answering my question so well (I’m long-winded too, in case you hadn’t noticed, and I like thorough explanations). I had no idea about the different areas of the Netherlands thinking the way you mentioned. Too interesting!
And I think the word you were looking for is a “diminutive”…adding something to the end of a word to make it “smaller.”
How is Chellieke pronounced? Can you write it out phonetically?
Hi, there! You’ve got so much creativity and I’m admiring them all. Can you share your creative posts at my Creative Bloggers’ Party & Hop? Hope to see you there 🙂
Btw, it’s also pinned on Pinterest 🙂
GENIUS!! I love your idea!! I’m inspired to give it a try. 🙂
Found you though Tip Junkie link up.
~Joy~
https://joyslife.com
that is so pretty. They have a vintage look about them. Who would ever think it was an egg cartoon. I’m very impressed! I just started a link party on my blog today and I’d be honored if you had time to link this up! https://caribbeanmissionarywife.blogspot.com/2011/08/t-time-21-and-link-up.html
Okay, so I have to ask: if you’re not from Holland, where’d you get a cool name like Chellieke (and how do you pronounce it?). Oh, and I’m glad I made you snicker. I literally told my husband that I felt lame because I didn’t have anything funny in my tute today (I *had* been going to say something like, “For how ugly he is, Glen sure does get a lot of action,” but I didn’t think I could make that work in a clean way : )). And then I had to do a little editing and added that bit about Glen. Happy to know it paid off (and *I *totally cracked up at your description of reading my stuff to your husband while laughing and having him go, “Huh?!” I do that all the time!).
Oh, and I love that you leave lots of comments. They make me happy. But what makes me even happier is that something the Lord worked in my life was a source of encouragement and inspiration to you. He is good. I live smack-dab in the heart of the Bible-belt, so I can Jesus it up with no fear of reprisal in real-life, and most people in America are too polite to say anything if they don’t like what I believe in blog-life, so I have a hard time imagining getting blatant flack for talking about my faith. Doesn’t sound fun, but I encourage you to stick with it. You never know when something you say will fall on listening ears and a soft heart!
Okay, I’m done. : )
Oh my Gosh! Adorable 🙂
Cute! I was totally laughing when I read your comment about Glen. I’m reading this in bed (it’s is 11.15 pm here now) and my husband is laying next to me reading one of his (way too complicated) philiosophy books, so of course he wants to know what I’m laughing at so I’m reading him part of your blog (and the part on Glen in tour headband post) but since I was snickering through it he was like ok..nevermind (he probably thinks I’m crazy at times, but ok..it made me laugh, so that’s always a good thing!