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10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

August 4, 2023 | Leave a Comment
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I have 10 egg carton crafts for 2 year olds and a fun egg carton color match activity. Look at this Cutest Ever Egg Carton Sea Turtle Craft and Learning Activities for Kids.

This easy and open-ended nature color match egg carton crafts for 2 year olds has several benefits to it.

First, they get to create a simple colorful craft and then use it to explore colors and nature while they get fresh air and exercise.

10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

Simple fun activities are the way to go with toddlers, identifying and sorting colors is an important early math skill.

As children get older, they can have more ownership in their egg carton crafts by choosing them, cutting, and coming up with their own ideas.

Egg cartons make a great art supply item in either styrofoam or cardboard as they are a free resource and have so many great uses, especially for young children.

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  • More Preschool Resources and Activities
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10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds

Start saving your egg cartons for this great list of egg carton crafts for 2-year-olds I have rounded up for you below. You might even ask friends and family to collect for you too so you try all of these ideas.

Egg Carton Crafts for 2 Year Olds

Here are 10 more precious egg carton crafts for 2-year-olds to explore together.

Photo Credit: buggyandbuddy.com

Egg Carton Bee Craft for Kids

Make this cute, little bee craft using an egg carton and yarn! This easy insect activity is great for preschool and kindergarten and perfect to do in the spring, summer, or for Earth Day.

Photo Credit: www.iheartartsncrafts.com

Egg Carton Flowers

I’m going to show you how to make these colorful egg carton flowers that are perfect to display or make as a gift.

Photo Credit: poofycheeks.com

Egg Carton Caterpillars

 I am sharing a super easy, completely kid friendly and very cheap craft – egg carton caterpillars.

Fun Kids Hands-on Egg Carton Sea Turtle Life Cycle Activity

I have a hands-on way to show a sea turtle life cycle activity. Add my fun From Egg to Sea Turtle Nature Unit Study & Lapbook to make it for multiple ages.

This sea turtle life cycle activity lets your child create a unique art project while also including some marine science in their lessons.

Photo Credit: www.momdot.com

Mess Free Painting with Egg Carton

My kids paint nearly every day. We have used all sorts of things to hold the paint: jars, paper plate, glass plates, the floor… but none work as well as a cardboard egg carton. We get the brown eggs from the store and they come in the cardboard containers. 

Photo Credit: taminglittlemonsters.com

Easy Egg Carton Color Sort Activity for Toddlers

This Egg Carton Color Sort is a fun and easy activity for toddlers. All you need are a few recyclables, craft supplies and 5 minutes in your busy schedule.

Photo Credit: mandapandaprojects.com

Egg Carton Pumpkin Wreath

Egg carton crafts are the perfect way to turn those empty cartons from trash into craft, and this Egg Carton Pumpkin Wreath is no exception!

Photo Credit: www.toddleratplay.com

Egg Carton Wildflower Garden

Do you save egg cartons? This Egg Carton Wildflower Garden is a fun recycled activity you have to try! 
Photo Credit: www.stillplayingschool.com

Egg Carton and Cupcake Liner Dinosaur Craft

Cutest Ever Egg Carton Sea Turtle Craft and Learning Activities for Kids

Create the cutest little sea turtles to put together a lesson that would be perfect for preschool or kindergarten.

Photo Credit: craftyartideas.com

Easy Egg Carton Butterfly Craft For Kids

Are you hoarding those old egg cartons for the next time you need them? We love making recycled crafts with kids and these egg carton butterflies are so cute. Learn how to make this fun butterfly craft with your kids with our simple steps.

Photo Credit: www.thecrafttrain.com

Egg Carton Monsters

There’s something about repurposing rubbish that makes me happy and these cute little monster treat holders are no exception.

Look at some more preschool resources and activities.

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10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

Finally, look at how to make this fun nature color match activity for your 2 year old.

Nature Color Match Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds

Now onto the directions for making and utilizing today’s craft.

Grab a colorful book to use as a field guide, even young children can flip through a nature book.

10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

Nature anatomy is a fantastic option as it truly grows with your child and is appropriate for toddlers to look at the pictures up through high schoolers.

10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

You will need:

  • Cardboard Egg Carton
  • 12 different colored craft paints
  • Paintbrushes

First, be sure that you are starting with a clean carton, free of dried egg. If you want to sanitize it you can spritz it lightly with a spray sanitizer.

Choose your 12 colors.

I like to use rainbow colors and then add white, black, brown, light blue, and light green.

If it is fall you might change up your colors a bit to more oranges, browns, and yellows.

Add a squirt of paint to the bottom of each egg cup.

10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

Let your child spread the color around in the bottom of each cup, using a clean paintbrush for each one.

10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

Allow the paint to dry completely, this might take a few hours, if you wipe out the excess paint you can speed up the process a bit.

If you want to start with a smaller goal for your child, you can cut your egg carton in half or just paint 2 cups each color instead of just 1.

Nature Color Match Egg Carton

If you like you can add the name of the “game” to the top with a permanent marker.

10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

Get your book and your color hunt box and head out to the great outdoors, even your backyard is a great place to explore nature.

Let your little one fill each cup with matching colors- flowers, rocks, leaves, bark, eggshells, or whatever they can find.

10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

Some colors may fit into more than one category, this is a great opportunity to develop language skills by talking about the colors and deciding where to sort it.

10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

This was a completely unprompted photo where I laid Nature Anatomy out next to the book for him to look at and he pointed and said, “There’s a white flower like mine!”

We ended our little walk with a bounty of beautiful nature items and a sweet memory to store away!

10 Egg Carton Crafts For 2 Year Olds and Fun Nature Color Match Activity

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