Making an Egg Carton Octopus

Category Toys

Next to TP tubes, egg cartons are a very popular supply to keep on hand for recycled crafts. This project shows you how to turn an egg carton section into this cute little octopus with the addition of paint, yarn, and googly eyes.

Making an Egg Carton Octopus - green glitter painted octopus with googly eyes

Solutions

Share on ThriftyFunThis page contains the following solutions. Have something to add? Please share your solution!

Making an Egg Carton Octopus

By 15mhhm15 [1,122 Posts, 2,488 Comments]

January 10, 2020

Make this cute octopus from an egg carton. This octopus can be used as a bookmark for a book and for a puppet show. My daughter likes playing with carton animals and uses her books as the background for a puppet show.

Total Time: 15 minutes + paint dry time

Supplies:

egg carton
scissors
tape
yarn
Sharpie
googly eyes
paint
paint brush

Steps:

An octopus has 6 arms and 2 legs. I am unsure why, but I tied 6 yarn pieces and knotted them together. You can go as many as you would like or 8 (it's up to you since this is just for play pretend).

Making an Egg Carton Octopus - tie 6-8 pieces of yarn together

Cut out a section of an egg carton and paint it your desired color. Allow to dry. I made (2) octopuses, one with the eyes drawn on with a Sharpie and one with googly eyes glued on.

Making an Egg Carton Octopus - cut out a section of an egg carton and paint

Making an Egg Carton Octopus - face drawn on with a Sharpie

Tape or hot glue the knotted yarn underneath the egg carton.

Making an Egg Carton Octopus - tape or glue the yarn bundle to the inside of the carton section

Ready for your child to play with their egg carton octopus friend! (The picture is my daughter playing against a book.)

Making an Egg Carton Octopus - octopus with face drawn on being held in front of the book

Making an Egg Carton Octopus - ready to play with

Making an Egg Carton Octopus - child moving the octopus in front of a standing book

Comment Pin it! Was this helpful? 1