Egg cartons make wonderful paper flowers

You can turn every egg carton into wonderful flowers!

Cut the carton into "cup" like pieces and cut petals in various forms!
The more you try the more patterns you will create....

Paint the flowers, fix some pieces together (punch a hole oder use glue), you can push drinking straw or thin green sticks through the hole.
Add green "leaves".

Recycling Crafts - the IDEA!

Trash to Treasure Art or Recycling Crafts is a trend in the USA. Now in Austria, too....

Over time it was a given that before each English class began, we would take a trip to the recycle room. It was there that we found inspiration as wild and wonderful project ideas jumped out at us from deep within recycle bins and throwaway boxes.
We started making musical instruments from flower pots, flowers from egg boxes and nice little presents from jars. Everyone was proud...and now:

The more we make, the more we dream up. Why not share these recycling crafts ideas with others? The following ideas will inspire you to reduce, reuse and recycle throw-away things - why?... just to reduce waste, to think "ecologically", to save money and to create individual little pieces of art and decoration: e.g. envelopes from paper and tapestry, jars with leaves, soup-in-a jar,strings-in-a-jar, "apple presents", salt&spice&herbs-in-a-jar... and many more...!

Cheapest and most charming at all: Picture Punches on Bbranches

Take any used paper in colours you like
take a picture punch
punch a handful of motives
glue motives on thin branches - use little stars or flower motives

Looks soooo cute, makes a perfect decoration for yout table or vase in seasons where there aren´t any flowers yet...

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