Easter Egg Cups
Recycle all those mismatched extra Easter eggs you don’t know what to do with into really cute Egg Cups. You can use these in a multitude of ways. They’re great for kids, fun in Easter baskets, gift giving and even decorating!
Egg Cups from Plastic Easter Eggs
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a ton of mismatched plastic eggs hanging out at my house. I’m not actually sure where they came from or why I have so many when I only have 2 kids left at home.
I feel like I keep giving them away to friends who are brave enough to host egg hunts in Alaska in the spring. Yet the supply doesn’t seem to be reduced. I’m assuming they’re the “hangers in a dark closet” of the holiday world, pack them away and the multiply judiciously.
So what do you do with so many eggs? Recycle them! Figure out another way to use them, of course! And what’s better? You can make them with ANY leftover spray paint and a hot glue gun
What You Need to Make Egg Cups from Plastic Easter Eggs
- plastic eggs
- hot glue
- spray paint in various colors
Why I Made These
After discovering that I had so many extra plastic eggs I needed a way to use them. I wanted to make something I could giveaway AND that the recipient could use this year and for the next few years if they were so inclined.
I didn’t want it to be a one-hit wonder and get tossed out. Why recycle them only to toss them out? So egg cups from plastic Easter eggs were born. And they were partially inspired by Alli from Made with Happy and her adorable little flower pots. Aren’t they cute?!
I started with a bowl of plastic eggs that was still suspiciously full. I started gluing plastic eggs together, I didn’t even bother to match the colors. I simply glued two different sizes together.
Then I pulled out my trusty spray paint, went outside where it was miraculously warm enough to use it (will wonders never cease!) and got busy spraying egg cups. If you can’t spray paint outside where it’s warm, you can easily spray paint in a large cardboard box in the basement or garage.
How To Use These Recycled Eggs
You can use these recycled egg cups in so many ways too. Fill them with Easter candy, almonds or other little treats.
- Or fill with soil and plant wheat grass in them.
- Or use them as place cards for the dinner table.
- Give them to kids to decorate.
- Decorate your Easter table with them
Recycled Easter Egg Cups
Equipment
- glue gun
- glue sticks for the glue gun
Ingredients
- 16 mismatched pieces of plastic Easter Eggs
- leftover spray paint of various colors don't have any spray paint? Check your landfill, they often offer leftover paints you pick up for free! Call them for more details.
Instructions
- preheat the glue gun
- sort eggs and make 8 pairs of eggs, a large and small piece for each egg cup
- when the glue gun is hot use it to glue a pair of egg pieces together, hold each cup together until it cools and holds itself together
- repeat with all the eggs
- in a warm dry place, where you won't worry about overspray, lightly spray paint the egg cups, only spray paint the outside of the eggs
- repeat the spray paint and let the egg cups dry
- once the egg cups are done you can use them anyway you see fit
