Creative Challenge: Egg Cartons

Today, we are participating in the Creative Challenge hosted by Tinkerlab.

(If you remember, we've done this before with paper bags, magazines and cardboard boxes.)

This month's item to explore is Egg Cartons!

To be perfectly honest, we have been super busy around here....
and I don't have any good pictures from our planting adventures this year....
but our favorite thing to do with egg cartons
is to use them as planters for our spring plants!

Planting grass in a row from an egg carton looks an awful lot like a caterpillar!
It is also great fun and practice to trim the grass with scissors!

Cut your carton into sections, add dirt, seeds, and water.
Place somewhere safe. Water regularly....

and in a few days... your caterpillar will start to grow!

You can decorate your caterpillars if you like, but we kept ours simple!

Wondering what else to do with your egg cartons?

All of these other sites are participating in the challenge! Hop on over and check them out!

Tinker Lab, Child Central Station, Red Ted Art, Sun Hats & Wellie Boots, Teach Preschool, The Chocolate Muffin Tree , The Educators’ Spin On It , The Golden Gleam, Glittering Muffins, Inspiration Laboratories, Kitchen Counter Chronicles, Living At The Whiteheads Zoo, Make, Do & Friend, Mama Mia’sheart2heart, NurtureStore, PlayDrMom, Rainy Day Mum, The Imagination Tree, Toddler Approved, Reading Confetti, Kindergarten & Preschool for Parents & Teachers, RainbowsWithinReach, Mommy Labs, Green Owl Art, Reusecrafts, The Outlaw Mom Blog, HappyLittleMesses, Experimenting-Mom, Duck Duck Octopus, PaintCutPaste, Train Up a Child, Growing A Jeweled Rose , Coffee Cups and Crayons, Ready. Set. Read!, Scribble Doodle and Draw, Carrots Are Orange, JDaniel4′s Mom, Quirky Momma, A Mom With A Lesson Plan, Good Long Road, Two2Read

Visit Tinker Lab for a Great Linky with all sorts of other ideas too,

you can even link up your ideas there!

(I had it posted here, but I'm having technical difficulties making it work right!)

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