DIY Christmas Elf Craft Made From Egg Carton 

 Learn how to make an egg carton elf as a Christmas craft! It’s a cheap and easy art project for the kids to make.

DIY Christmas Elf Craft Made From Egg Carton 

Let’s have some fun this Christmas! If you’re spending time at home, chances are you may hear the kids shout out the “b” word. And we can’t have bored kids. Let’s give them a great craft to do at home and a craft that doesn’t require you to run out to the store for supplies. I’m all about reusing items.

It is time to pull out those empty egg cartons.

This egg carton Elf Christmas craft is the perfect way to reuse egg cartons. Make all of them to play with or place them around the house as Christmas decorations. It’s the perfect Christmas season craft for younger children with adult supervision. Really puts you in the Holiday spirit.

Fun Tip: You can even add a string to the back of them and hang them on the Christmas tree or from your windows to make festive decorations.

Please note that you will find our easy step-by-step instructions below as well as a printable version.

Materials Needed:

For this craft, you will need a few basic supplies and tools. If you are an avid crafter like me, you will already have most of them in your craft box, drawer, cabinet, or room.

• cardboard egg carton or paper egg cartons (both work)
• hot glue or school glue
• green craft paint
• red, green, and white paper – construction or cardstock
• 2 red small pom poms
• googly eyes

Tools Needed

• Scissors
• Paintbrush
• Hot glue gun

What kind of glue should I use?

Regular school glue will work for this project, but will just take a lengthy dry time. You can choose to use hot glue instead to shorten the process. I highly recommend school glue if the littles are working on this craft. Just make sure to let it thoroughly dry and press and hold for the glue to take.

Are egg cartons safe for crafts?

You may be surprised to hear this. I was too!! Not all egg cartons are safe to use for crafts. The eggshells may carry Salmonella and be transferred to the egg carton. The elderly and kids are more susceptible to Salmonella.

Now, you may ask, why did I make this post and craft in the first place? Inspect your carton for any obvious signs of egg leakage. You can simply spray your egg carton with a disinfecting spray before beginning to kill any salmonella on the surface. We will be painting the surface of the egg cartons. This means we will not be in contact with any locked-in bacteria once it has been painted over.

After painting though and touching your egg cartons, it would be a good idea to wash your hands really well.

Directions To Make This Egg Carton Christmas Elf Craft

STEP ONE: First, gather all your craft supplies so you have them handy in one spot. Then cut out three individual cups from your egg carton.

STEP TWO: Next, paint all four egg carton cups using your green craft paint. set aside until completely dry.

STEP THREE: While you wait for your paint to dry, cut out the following (1) 2-inch green triangle, (3) 1/2-inch triangles, (2) feet, and (1) zigzag belt.

STEP FOUR: Once your paint is completely dry you are ready to assemble your elf. Using hot glue or white tacky glue neatly stack two egg cups together. Then repeat and attach both egg carton “globes” to each other. At this point, you can do any green paint touch-up, if needed.

STEP FIVE: It is time to put on the elf accessories. To make the hat glue your three triangles to your one large green one.

STEP SIX: Time to dress up your elf. Using hot glue or white glue attach your elf pieces as in the photo above. Don’t forget to add two googly eyes and a red pom pom just below his eyes and one for his hat. Optional: instead of a pom pom for the top of your elf hat you can use jingle bells.

And if you are using it as a Christmas ornament you can add a hanging string to the back.

Christmas Elf Craft Instructions

This is the perfect craft with simple supplies for younger kids. Make it a craft night fun for the whole family using a recycled egg carton.

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More Fun Ideas Using Egg Cartons For Christmas

Cardboard egg cartons are very versatile. You can use them as organizers, paint trays, and a lot of fun egg carton crafts. I am sure you can think of a great way to use them. Here are a couple of other Christmas crafts you can do during this holiday season.

Make a magical winter scene by making a few more of the character simple crafts from this picture above. Our egg carton craft project is the season’s greeting you’ve been looking for.

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If you made any of our crafts feature on Inspiring Savings we would love to hear all about it. Please leave us a comment below.

Making this fun Christmas craft project at home is not only fun, but can save you money. No need to go out and purchase a Christmas Elf Craft kit when you can gather your supplies from home and make it yourself