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How To Make A Cute Penguin Craft From Recycled Egg Cartons

January 29, 2022 by grandkidsadmin Leave a Comment

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egg carton that has been cut up and made to look like a penguin

Want to create an adorable winter friend with your little ones? From egg cartons, paint, and paper you can make this adorable penguin craft. It is a great way to use up those empty egg cartons that you would other wise just throw away. Plus your kids get to make there own penguin friend that they design specially. They get to be as creative as they want when making their new buddy.

egg carton that has been cut up and made to look like a penguin

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MAKE A NEW WINTER BUDDY WITH THIS EGG CARTON PENGUIN! HERE IS WHAT WE USED TO MAKE OURS:

  • egg carton
  • black, orange, and white craft paint
  • black and orange construction paper
  • 2 googly eyes
  • optional: 2 small pompoms and 1 pipe cleaner for ear muffs
  • basic craft supplies
cutting up egg cartons and paper penguin wings

Start your penguin by cutting off two cups from an egg carton. Cut off one individual cup. After that cut out a triangle from the orange paper for the beak, and two wings from the black paper.

Painting one egg cup orange.

Then paint the single egg carton cup orange.

Painting egg cups to look like penguin

The two egg cups together are going to be the face and belly. Paint the face and belly of the penguin white. Then paint the rest of the egg carton cups black, as shown above.

Gluing egg carton pieces together to make penguin craft body

After the paint is dry, glue the egg carton pieces together with the orange piece on the bottom to use as the penguin’s feet or base.

egg carton that has been cut up and made to look like a penguin

Finally, glue the wings and beak onto the penguin. As well as the goggly eyes onto the face above the beak.

egg carton that has been cut up and made to look like a penguin

OPTIONAL STEP: You can make cute little earmuffs for your penguin if you would like. Cut a small piece of pipe cleaner to fit over the penguins head. Glue the pipe cleaner and two small fuzzy  pompoms to create earmuffs for your penguin craft.

Your adorable egg carton penguin is now finished and ready to go on adventures with you and your kids this winter.

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egg carton that has been cut up and made to look like a penguin

Filed Under: Age 7-8, Animal Projects, Arts and Crafts, Kindergarten (5-6 year old), Preschool (3-4 year old), Projects By Age, Seasons, Winter Tagged With: animal arts and crafts, egg carton arts and crafts, egg carton penguin, kids arts and crafts, penguin arts and crafts, winter arts and crafts

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