Making a Christmas Egg Carton Wreath

Craft: Christmas Egg Carton Wreath

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November 2, 2018

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - wreath hanging on the wall You can start saving egg cartons to make this inexpensive holiday wreath. If you want your wreath to be larger, you'll need more cartons. This is an example of a wreath made with just 1 carton. Overall, it is an inexpensive project made using materials/supplies you may even already have!

Total Time: 1.5 hours

Supplies:

egg carton
acrylic paint + paint brush
scissors
hole puncher
hot glue gun
wire cutters
pliers
craft wire
ribbons

Steps:

Cut apart individual egg carton pieces, a total of 12 pieces.

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - cut carton apart

Trim around the edges until you get a nice flat/smooth surface, about 3/4 - 1".

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - trim edges

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - well trimmed egg cup

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - all 12 sections trimmed and ready for next step

Ready to paint the egg carton pieces with your choice of color and allow to dry. *I allowed my egg carton pieces to dry overnight.

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - paint and allow to dry

Once dried, using a hole puncher poke a hole and another one again across from it (so you can thread through the craft wire.)

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - punch a hole in the side of dry cup

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - punch a second one across from the first

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - ready to thread them onto craft wire

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - threaded onto craft wire

Using craft wire, thread all your egg cartons through.

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - three pieces threaded onto wire coming off spool

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - done threading

Using cutters, cut wire leaving a little room so you can secure a wire knot.

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - make a knot

To keep the egg cartons in place and not flipping around, dab hot glue in the inside near where the holes are punched.

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - put dabs of hot glue near the holes to keep the cups from turning and moving on the wire

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - glued in place

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - front painted side

Ready to decorate the wreath however you'd like. I made a bow with ribbon I already had on hand.

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - wreath and roll of ribbon

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - starting to make a bow

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - making center of bow

Christmas Egg Carton Wreath - finished bow

I also had a leftover "Merry Christmas" ribbon so I tied a knot in the center of the wreath. I also dabbed a little hot glue from ribbon to egg carton so it'll stay in place and can be read.