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Uses for Egg Cartons

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Date: 10/12/2005 Topics: Brainstorms > Recycling | Readers Request > Recycling  
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I'm looking for interesting uses for everyday objects like egg cartons.

Gloria from California
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By bj (Guest Post)
Egg cartons make cute centerpieces for Cub Scout banquets. Cut the bottom half of a cardboard egg carton in half crosswise and paint each half blue, like 6 Cub Scout caps. Glue on little cardboard hat brims. Paint each boy's name on the cap and stand two candles in the spaces between caps. It's probably not a good idea to light the candles.

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By oredwine (Guest Post)
My aunt who was a senior citizen in the 1970's, made waste baskets out of the colored styrofoam egg cartons.I do not have instructionss or a picture to offer. I am sorry.

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By Ian Dempsey (Guest Post)
A couple of uses are;
1) Seedling starters. The carton(assuming that it is made of compressed cardboard) will also decompose when the seedling is transplanted to a larger pot or into the garden.
2) Line the walls of your home music studio or baby's nursery. Helps absorb echos. If used in a baby's room, you can still hear the youngster quite clearly, but without the high pitch. Any parent will be alert to the child's call, but it is nice not to have your teeth set on edge.
3) Start to keep your own chickens. An interesting hobby & you get eggs plus a great way to get rid of kitchen scraps. They will eat meat scraps too. Use the empty egg cartons to help store the eggs that these guys lay. The waste that the chickens produce is also a wonderful fertiliser for the garden.
If you are worried about the latest 'flu that can infect chickens, don't be. Keep them isolated from other animals. Ensure that you are clean, including your footwear. Ensure that your chicken coop has a fine mesh enclosure. If you have free range chickens (fowl, chooks, etc), consider letting them out in the afternoon to scratch around, whislt you watch over them. The current 'flu problem won't last long. Just be vigilant.

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By Varsha (Guest Post)
I have used the big egg cartons to make compartments for a jewelry box. I wrap a shoebox with decorative paper and then place the cartons inside the shoebox.

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By kidsNclutter (220) Contact
I just got that "lightbulb" moment & began storing those decorative plastic easter eggs in them! Much easier to store a dozen in an egg carton instead of a plastic bag. They don't get dirty or cracked & can be stacked, boxed & identified easily. If you have many plastic eggs they could be tossed loose into one cardboard box, but I still like the egg cartons.

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By dazyclover (6) Contact
I use the paper egg cartons to make little fire starters. I keep one in the laundry room and when I clean out the lint tray, I wad it up and put into a section. Then when it is full, I use my old candle stubs, and drip wax onto the lint. After the wax is set up, I cut the carton apart and store them in a coffee can by the wood stove.
dazyclover

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By sabita tellis (Guest Post)
dear gloria, when my kids were little, i used to make little toys from these egg cartons. cut each egg container and glue them rim to rim. then paint funny faces on the top part, glue a hat or scarf, and paint clothes on the bottom part. sabita from mumbai, india
ftellis @ yahoo.com (remove spaces)

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By Guest (Guest Post)
Not sure if posted feeback properly.Still learning net stuff.
Cardboard egg cartons can be used for almost anything. I use them for
1) Kids crafts, snakes, caterpillars and butterflies, robots look great.
2) Planters for seedlings where you just remove a section and plant it carton and all. The carton will break down and the roots just keep on growing.
3) Bulb keepers, store your bulbs until ready to plant.
4) Make firelighters, many methods found on the net.
For plastic egg cartons
5) Put squirts of paint for kids as a paint palette,
6) Sort beads, seeds, or punch art shapes, kids love this activity
7) Fill each section with a plaster of paris mix, when set paint and add a magnet for interesting fridge magnets
Use as a mini jelly moulds these are great for kids parties

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By Guest (Guest Post)
Cardboard egg cartons can be used for almost anything. I use them for
1) kids crafts, snakes, catapillars and butterflies, robots look great.
2) Planters for seedlings where you just remove a section and plant it carton and all. The carton will break down and the roots just keep on growing.
3) Bulb keepers, store your bulbs until ready to plant.
4) Make fire lighters, many methods found on the net.

For plastic egg cartons
5) put squirts of paint for kids as a paint palette
6) sort beads, seeds, or punch art shapes kids love this activity.
7) fill each section with a platser of paris mix, when set paint and add a magnet for interesting fridge magnets
8) use as a mini jelly moulds these are great for kids parties. Yum yum!

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By suzq (Guest Post)
This I haven't done...but I've heard egg cartons make good packing material when shipping packages.....

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