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Aubrey and I were wanting a creative outlet this weekend and needed to update the bookshelves in the playroom. So we did both at the same time! Easter is around the corner and hopefully a profusion of spring daffodils only weeks away. To celebrate the changing season, we made egg carton daffodils to hang on a garland out of supplies we had on hand–paper, hot glue, acrylic paint and egg cartons.

MAKING THE DAFFODILS

I initially cut out the egg-shaped cups from an egg carton then further cut them down to mimic the cute bells on the inside of a Daffodil. Aubrey and I painted these cups yellow and then edged them in orange using a dry paint brush so you see the streaks of orange better. Out of white card stock, we cut out six petals per Daffodil pointing the petals rather than rounding the edge. We used a drop of hot glue to attach the petals to each yellow cup. Voila, a daffodil!

INSTALLING THE GARLAND

I was planning on hot gluing the Egg Carton Daffodils to a plain piece of twine but found this adorable green leaf strand in my ribbon box. I found it on Amazon and will link it here. We spaced them and glued them on and couldn’t be happier with the results! A cute spring garland for the bookshelves.

One recent addition to the shelves is this adorable bunny wreath. And if I were picking some favorite spring / Easter books, we really love: Fletcher and the Springtime Blossom, Nature Explained and Busy Spring. Probably all of them actually! Imagine how cute arranging these egg carton paper daffodils on a wreath would be? Well, happy spring friends. I hope you’re enjoying warmer temperatures and are hopefully staying clear of these rampant late winter germs. We’re fighting off the stomach bug currently, so crafts and these egg carton daffodils are WAY more fun to think about.