• Separate 4-6 cups from an egg carton.
• Using the point of scissors, make 2 small holes at one end.
• Insert 1/4 pipe cleaner into each hole for the antennae.
• Add googly eyes and decorate with markers.

• Separate 1 cup from an egg carton and paint red.
• Using black paint/marker, make spots on the body.
• Make 3 small holes on each side at the base for legs & 2 holes at the top for antennae.
• Insert black pipe cleaners into each hole on one side and out the other side for legs, and use ½ a pipe cleaner for antennae.
• Add googly eyes and decorate with marker.
  

• Separate 2 cups from an egg carton.
• Using scissor points, make 2 holes at the base of each cup on opposite sides, for legs. Make a hole at each end for neck and tail.
• Insert pipe cleaner into each of the holes for legs and tail.
• Make 1 hole in the wide end of the cork.
• Insert 1 end of pipe cleaner into cork and the other end into the hole at the end of the egg cups, for the neck.
• Add googly eyes and decorate with markers.

• Separate 1 cup from an egg carton and paint black.
• Using scissor points, make 4 small holes on each side at the base.
• Insert a pipe cleaner into each hole, for legs.
• Add googly eyes and decorate with markers.

• Separate 3 cups from an egg carton.
• Cut out part of the bottoms of the 2 outside cups for wings.
• Poke a hole in the top of the bat's head.
• Tie a knot at one end of a piece of string (about 31 cm or 12" long).
• Slip string though the bat's head to hang the bat.
• Add googly eyes and decorate with markers.

• Cut the egg carton down the middle lengthwise; trim the rough edges.
• Cut the egg carton lid into waves; paint the waves and attach them to both sides of the sea monster.
• Cut/attach 2 pipe cleaners into the head of the sea monster for antennae.
• Decorate with felt markers, paint, etc.

Fish

• Cut 2 individual egg sections apart and trim rough edges (this is the fish's body).
• Use the carton lid to cut a fin and tail section (use an enlargement of the pattern).
• Glue the body sections to each side of the fin and tail section, holding the pieces together a few minutes until dry.
• To make a mouth, cut around one of the pop-up lid fasteners. Glue it on the body.
• Decorate as desired… and hang.

Cat/Dog

• Cut 2 individual egg cups apart. One will be the body and tabs can be cut at the four corners for the cat's feet. On that same cup, cut out the sides to make legs. The other cup will be the head section and two tabs can be cut out of two corners to make the ears.
• Glue the head section on top of the body section.
• Decorate the face by glueing grass, twigs, etc for whiskers, and a pompom, paint or felt for a nose. Attach a bit of yarn for a tail… and hang.
• The ears and tail can easily be changed to make a dog.

• Glue together 2 egg cups, bottoms together, to form a ball.
• Paint orange and draw a face.
• Poke hole in top and stick in green pipe cleaner or twisted tissue paper.

• Using the top of an egg carton, paint the outside of it yellow.
• Draw windows and write "School" at the top of the bus.
• Cut 2 circles of black construction paper for wheels & glue on bus.
• Either draw people in the bus, or cut pictures of people from magazines and paste them in the windows of the bus.

• Cut separate egg cups, each one will become a flower.
• Cut the edges of the egg cup jagged or rounded to resemble flower petals.
• Paint or color each flower.
• Punch a hole (with scissors) into the top of each flower.
• Insert green pipe cleaner through each hole to create a stem and bend over/knot at the top so the stem is stable.
• A decorated empty can makes a great vase for a flower bouquet!

Hang your creation from lengths of string or fishing line. You can attach the string to a paper clip and insert the clip into the hanging object. Test different locations for attaching the string/fishing line to ensure that the mobile will balance. Use the lid of the egg carton as a hanger for the strings/fishing line by attaching with tape on the underside of the lid, putting a looped string with a knot through the middle to use as a hanging device. Or, cross and secure two straws/Popsicle sticks together and hang the string from the ends and middle.

• Cut 2 individual egg cups apart and trim rough edges.
• Punch two holes in the top of one with a sharp pencil. This is where a string will go through for hanging the finished plane.
• Cut the wing, tail and propeller pieces from the egg carton lid. (enlarge the graphic for use as a pattern). The two tail pieces fit together at the slit.
• Cut a slit down the side of one of the egg cups and insert the tail into the slit.
• Glue the wing section between the two egg cups.
• Push a straight pin through the propeller and stick it onto the airplane.
• Decorate and hang.
  

Tools & Supplies required: Egg carton, styrofoam cups, pipe cleaners/wire, permanent markers, paint and other materials to decorate, scissors and glue.

• Cut 1 individual egg carton section apart and trim rough edges (this is the nose of the rocket ship).
• Glue the body section together (wide ends of 2 styrofoam cups).
• Glue the tail section to the body (narrow ends).
• Glue the egg carton section on to make the nose of the space rocket.
• Place pipe cleaners/wire into cups to make antenna and the rocket's vapor trail.
• Decorate with stickers, markers, paint and other material.
  

Tools & Supplies required: Egg carton, styrofoam cups, cardboard, paper fasteners, permanent markers, paint and other materials to decorate, tape, scissors and glue.

• Cut the lid off an egg carton and trim the rough edges.
• Cut two (2) styrofoam cups in half lengthwise. Attach one half to the front of the car to make the nose piece and two halves on the top of the car to make the windshield (small end of the cup towards front end of car) and passenger compartments (small end of the cup towards back end of car).
• Cut an egg cup out of the carton; trim rough edges. Draw a face on the egg cup and insert into the passenger compartment. This is the driver for the car.
• Cut out 4, 1 ½" in diameter cardboard circles (the wheels) and attach them with paper fasteners to the side of the egg carton. (The paper fasteners allow the wheels to rotate. Stapling on the wheels is another option.).
• Decorate with stickers, felt markers, etc.
  

Tools & Supplies required: Egg carton, fabric, yarn, permanent markers, paint and other materials to decorate, tape, scissors and glue.

• Cut the bottom off an egg carton and trim the rough edges (ensure the lid and locks are removed).
• Attach an additional 2-cup piece to the egg carton (to make the 7th dwarf).
• Turn upside down - decorate the "upper" row of humps as faces with beards, hair, etc; decorate the lower row of humps (bodies), covering with small squares of fabric to make the bed covers.
• Use the lid of the egg carton to form the bed's head and foot boards. Attach to the bed.
• Decorate with stickers, paint, etc.
  

* Begin with three markers and add the "thousands" marker once the students have the hang of the game.

• Cut off top of egg carton. Cut top in half widthwise.
• Glue the two halves under the 4 egg cups on each end of the bottom carton (this creates a tray on either end).
• Paint and decorate the game board.
• Place 4 beads in each cup.

• Poke holes in the four corners of the egg carton.
• Cut 4 pieces of string (about 45 cm or 1.5 feet each) and knot each at one end.
• Pull a string through each carton hole.
• Gather strings in middle, and knot.
• Fill each egg section with birdseed.
• Hang on a tree and watch the birds feast!

• Poke small hole in bottom of each egg cup (for drainage).
• Fill each egg cup ¾ full with potting soil.
• Plant a seed in each egg cup.
• Water, put in sunny window & continue to water when dry. Watch plants grow! (They will need to be transplanted to the garden or bigger pots when they outgrow their pots.)