Money Container - Use old egg cartons to store your change for
garage and yard sales. Egg cartons are good for this because you
can separate all the change and it is easy to get to.
Golf Ball Storage - Egg cartons make a great place to store
extra golf balls. It makes it easy to sort by brand and
condition and they are stackable so they can be stored neatly.
Travel Helper - Use egg cartons for travel, to hold small items
like earrings, necklaces, sewing notions, etc; weave needle thru
the inside top cover so as not to lose it in your suitcase. Hold
together with large rubber band.
Waste Paper Basket – Make wastebaskets from egg cartons. Cut off
tops. Then poke holes on the flap that is used to close the
carton. Then take ribbon and tie each carton to the next. Takes
8 cartons to make a circle. The plastic bags from Wal-Mart or
the grocery store fit into these nicely. Makes a great waste
paper basket.
Craft Helping Hand - When working with small round items, I
often use an egg carton to old the item while I paint one side,
or just as a holder while they dry. It keeps those little round
things from rolling away.
Fire Starters – Fill the paper egg cartons with dryer lint, and
then pore melted wax over the lint. You can tear apart the
sections and use for fire starters when you are camping, or in
your fireplace. I use left over candle pieces for the melted wax.
Charcoal Fire Starter - Similar to the idea above for fire
starters... Using a cardboard egg carton, fill each section with
melted wax so that it's about 1/3 full. Place a piece of
charcoal (one briquette) in the wax. Close the carton and place
on a shelf until you're ready to use. To use, remove the top of
the carton, and place the bottom half in the grill. Light the
carton. Wait a few minutes and then add more charcoal. This will
eliminate the need for lighter fluid.
Candles - Make scented candles. Melt wax in a double boiler. Add
scents (from a candle shop) and old crayons for colour. Put the
wick in the bottom of each eggcup. Tie on a small washer to keep
it on the bottom. Pour in the wax, holding up the wick. After
wax has set, remove the eggcup.
Plant Containers or Seed Starters - Poke a few holes in the
bottom for drainage. Fill about 3/4 with potting soil and
vermiculite. Plant seeds and set in a sunny window.
Jewellery Organizer - Paint or cover with fabric. Store any
small pieces of jewellery, rings, earrings, chains, cuff links,
etc.
Desk Organizer - Remove the top and place inside a desk drawer
to hold small items, like paper clips, rubber bands, push pins,
etc. Paint or decorate if you want to place it on a desktop
where it will be seen.
Christmas Decoration Storage - Line cups with cotton, foam, or
tissue paper and store small Christmas tree bulbs and ornaments
in each cup.
Palette - Use the Styrofoam kind for watercolours or acrylics to
hold colours. Detach top of carton and use for mixing colours.
Craft Storage - Is your craftwork area a nightmare? Use an egg
carton to store all those little pieces you don't want to loose
track of while you're working.
Cheap Ice Cube Trays - Use plastic egg cartons to make extra
ice.
Game / Toy Storage – Does it drive you eggstra crazy when those
little pieces keep getting lost? Use a carton to store doll
shoes, game pieces, dice, Lego, etc
Ball Toss - Give number values to each cup in an egg carton
bottom - 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100s. Try to achieve your best total
score by bouncing three ping-pong balls into the cups.
Packing Material - If you often mail fragile things, simply cut
up clean egg cartons to make lightweight packing material to
protect the contents of your mailing packages.
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