Suspect an old egg carton might do it somehow Turn into the most beautiful home decoration? Then, you should check out this project Our upcycled lives YouTube channel. The creator makes beautiful rose petals from egg carton cups and paints them before gluing them around a small mirror frame. And you can easily recreate the project using a mirror you already own, a small one from Dollar Tree, or a thrifted mirror.
of all Smart ways to use empty egg cartons around your homeMaking decor out of it is one of our favorites, which is why we’re so excited about this DIY. It works with any mirror that has a frame. You can also work it on a frameless mirror. Glue the egg carton flowers around the edge of the mirror where a frame does not yet exist.
You may want to use molded fiber egg cartons – which are made from paper with a cardboard-like texture. They will hold up better and look better for this DIY than styrofoam. Each flower takes three egg cups plus a strip of carton top. How many cartons you will need depends on the size of the mirror and how much frame you want to cover. You will need sharp scissors to cut the cups and hot glue to secure them. Spray paint is the easiest way to cover the flowers, and you may want to paint the mirror frame as well.
Cover the mirror frame with egg carton flowers
By cutting out the individual cups on the egg cartons, trim the edges. Then, trim all four sides into a petal-like shape. To assemble each flower, stack and hot glue three of the trimmed cups, making sure to rotate each cup slightly so the petals are off-center from the previous cup to give the whole thing a flowery look. For the center, cut a strip of egg carton lid, roll it into a spiral and glue it to the flower. Or, make a cut along one edge of a crepe paper streamer for a fringe effect and twist it into a spiral to glue to the center.
Place the flowers in a cardboard box and spray paint the color you want. Alternatively, you can brush on different shades of the same color to soften it and give it a varied look inspired by nature. You can also paint each petal in colors that will create a radial gradient when you glue them to form the flower (like white center, light blue inner petals, then deep blue outer). If you don’t like the look of this flower, try other options that can turn this DIY into one Whimsical egg carton decor idea
When you’re done with the flowers, hot glue them to the mirror frame, which you can paint the same color. Cover the entire frame, or cluster several flowers in one section of the mirror. Fairy lights swirling around the egg carton flowers add warmth to the design. You can too Turn your egg cartons into beautiful flower garlands And if you don’t want to stick to the egg carton flowers forever, draw them around the mirror.
