Simple Christmas Reindeer Craft Made From Egg Carton

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

Simple Christmas Reindeer 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.

Time to pull out those empty egg cartons.

This egg carton Reindeer 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.

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 the full 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.

• paper egg carton
• hot glue or school glue
• brown craft paint
• brown paper – construction or card stock
• red small pom pom
• googly eyes
• pen

Tools Needed

• Scissors
• Paintbrush
• 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 Craft

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

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

STEP THREE: While you wait for your paint to dry. Trace and cut out your reindeer antlers and ears from brown construction paper. See the image above as your guide.

STEP FOUR: Once your paint is completely dry you are ready to assemble your reindeer. Using hot glue or white glue neatly stack two egg cups together. Then glue the third one to the bottom two you already attached to each other. At this point, you can do any brown paint touch-up, if needed.

STEP FIVE: Now you can attach the eyes to the upper egg carton using school glue or hot glue. Then followed by his red nose just below the eyes.

STEP SIX: Lastly, you are ready to attach your cut-out reindeer antlers and reindeer ears. optional: if you want to dress up your little DIY egg carton reindeer more, you can attach a ribbon around his neck.

And if you are using it as a Christmas ornament you can add a hanging string to the back. You could have a whole bunch of little reindeer on your tree.

Egg Carton Reindeer Craft Instructions

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

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More Christmas Kids Crafts Using Egg Cartons

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 egg carton craft ideas you can do during this holiday season.

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

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