Egg carton flower craft activity is a hands-on very simple fun craft. Children enjoy this activity.
Appropriate age:
3-4 years
Number of children:
Individual activity
Play based learning:
Creative play
Learning areas:
Cognitive Development, physical development (fine motor skills) Language Development
Vocabular:
paint brush, flower, patels, and egg carton
Materials Needed:
The material required for this activity are
· Paint
· Paint Brush
· Painting Palette
· Egg Carton (not foam)
· Paper Straw
· Pom Pom (optional)
· Glue
· Scissors
Direction of Activity:
- Squirt some paint onto a paper plate or painting palette. Use any colors children like and paint the flower. Have fun!
- After the paint is dried, have children glue the paper straw to the back of the flower to make the flower stem. A paper straw is thick enough to hold Egg Carton Flower, but child could also use a small stick or a chopstick. Give the children to choose what they want to use as a flower stem, a straw or a chopstick.
- Later ask children to glue a pom pom to the centre of the painted Egg carton flower. They can add different colour pomp pom according to their choose. A beautiful Egg Carton Flower is done!
Adult role:
Egg cartons are thicker than paper, so they’re harder to cut. Adult can if children are experiencing difficulties cutting the egg cartons.
Children should be supervised and supported by a parent/guardian at home or practitioner in the classroom.