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Do you reuse egg cartons?

From the lens How to Reuse Egg Cartons?.

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Have some more tips to share with the rest of us about the creative ways to reuse egg cardboard crates?

  • SellClean May 3, 2012 @ 11:16 am | delete
    Yes! We use them as paint palettes for kids.
  • Ryan_Will Apr 26, 2012 @ 6:40 pm | delete
    Wow talk about imagination; love all the different ideas on your lense.
  • SudokuNut Apr 24, 2012 @ 10:55 pm | delete
    I've used them for starting seeds before.
  • JimDickens Mar 19, 2012 @ 1:03 pm | delete
    I have not so far. but I will use them for planting seedlings this year
  • RenaissanceWoman2010 Mar 19, 2012 @ 11:04 am | delete
    Great ideas. I am using egg cartons to start seeds for my garden. Really liked the fire starter idea and the bird feeder. Never thought of using my cartons for mixing watercolor paints. Thanks for expanding the ways I can and will use my future egg cartons. Appreciated!
  • mihgasper Feb 11, 2012 @ 4:57 am | delete
    It is amazing how good looking can be these crates just with a touch of some color and some imagination...
  • marsha32 Feb 7, 2012 @ 1:01 am | delete
    amazingly enough, I have actually used egg cartons for about every purpose you list. I hadn't really thought about all of the way until reading...hey, I've done that moments all throughout the lens.
  • juniperberry Feb 4, 2012 @ 11:56 pm | delete
    love the golf ball idea!
  • sherioz Jan 24, 2012 @ 12:21 am | delete
    I'm always looking for new ideas to recycle common household stuff. Thanks.
  • Vallygems1 Jan 18, 2012 @ 2:43 am | delete
    Love these lenses of yours great ideas.
    Thank You.
  • leeleon Jan 12, 2012 @ 2:35 am | delete
    nice lens. welcome to see my ideas of reusing eggshells.
  • Traceeshobbies Jan 11, 2012 @ 7:26 pm | delete
    I have chickens and reuse them for eggs. When we get to many I put dryer lint in them and dump melted wax (scented) and use the as fireplace starters.
  • jadehorseshoe Jan 7, 2012 @ 8:19 pm | delete
    I use them as packing material and as seed starters.
  • oxfordian Dec 14, 2011 @ 10:45 am | delete
    I love the idea about starting seedlings in them. I'm definately going to use that one. Thanks.
  • Leilani-m Dec 3, 2011 @ 2:15 am | delete
    Great lens! I have to try some of these Ideas! :)
  • adamfrench Sep 28, 2011 @ 8:01 am | delete
    Impressive lens, thumbs up
  • GonnaFly Sep 24, 2011 @ 11:36 pm | delete
    Wonderful ideas! This lens has been blessed on the "I Love That Word" quest and added to my Upcycling Ideas lens.
  • littlelotus Sep 24, 2011 @ 1:52 am | delete
    I use them to organize spices... but then I throw them away.... there are great ideas here.... thanks for sharing:)
  • WordCustard Sep 8, 2011 @ 1:24 pm | delete
    Some fun egg carton craft ideas here. I like the bird feeding one most of all!
  • KathyMcGraw Aug 20, 2011 @ 1:45 am | delete
    I never thought of 1/2 these ideas for reusing egg cartons...*Blessed*
  • daria369 Aug 11, 2011 @ 1:47 pm | delete
    You sure are an expert on the topic. Blessed! :)
  • TeacherRenee Jul 17, 2011 @ 10:22 am | delete
    I'm a retired kindergarten teacher and I always asked parents to send in clean egg cartons -- so useful for so many things! I loved them to sort beads! Great lens, thanks!
  • Selbst Jun 2, 2011 @ 11:12 am | delete
    Wow, nice and useful ideas! Thanks for sharing these :)
  • achraf Jun 1, 2011 @ 7:47 am | delete
    nice tips, and nice videos!! I will probably try some of these soon
  • FunkyJewelleryUK May 15, 2011 @ 1:28 pm | delete
    Great lens! I make jewellery from recycled products, and when I go to craft fairs I display my rings in egg boxes. It looks really cute and eco-friendly! Nice work :)
  • mattseefood May 6, 2011 @ 10:40 am | delete
    Very useful! Thanks for sharing :)
  • sdtechteacher Apr 26, 2011 @ 2:10 pm | delete
    This is so creative! I bet you could also melt crayons and pour them inside to make bigger crayons. This is an idea I saw for muffin tins but it ruins the muffin tin.
  • jvsper63 Apr 26, 2011 @ 9:31 am | delete
    No, but you have made me change my mind. Great idea's:)
  • Momsbusy247 Apr 25, 2011 @ 10:24 pm | delete
    I found your lens very useful. But the design of the egg cartons isn't that nice for display.
  • NYThroughTheLens Apr 23, 2011 @ 1:14 pm | delete
    Another lens I am definitely bookmarking!
  • Tiggered Apr 11, 2011 @ 5:26 pm | delete
    My friends have put egg cartons on the walls of their rehearsal room - great sound proofer!
  • Kimbesa Apr 1, 2011 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    Thanks! We're keeping some of ours, because we will be getting chickens, but these cartons seem to come out of the woodwork when your friends start contributing. Need these ideas! Angel blessed!
  • JoshK47 Apr 1, 2011 @ 9:14 am | delete
    I never even thought about all these ways to reuse egg cartons - thanks for these useful tips.
  • californiapch Feb 4, 2011 @ 11:14 am | delete
    what an amazingly creative lens!
    we go through lots of egg cartons and most of your smart, creative suggestions never, ever occurred to me.
  • xenoc Jan 30, 2011 @ 8:59 am | delete
    thanks for useful tips. great!
  • joanv334 Jan 27, 2011 @ 12:35 pm | delete
    Thanks for the tips!
  • tailortoo Jan 25, 2011 @ 2:05 pm | delete
    Great ideas. We try to reuse egg cartons before the recycle choice. But if the carton has some egg from a cracked one, we tear it up and add it to our compost bin.
  • vitalmughal Jan 15, 2011 @ 9:29 am | delete
    You got nice stuff, interesting to read. Keep on creating such wonderful lens
  • karlawhitmore Dec 23, 2010 @ 11:46 pm | delete
    Wishing you a wonderful Christmas and a bountiful new year
  • karlawhitmore Dec 23, 2010 @ 11:43 pm | delete
    Fantastic and useful lens. Thanks for sharing :)
  • imolaK Dec 18, 2010 @ 6:24 am | delete
    Thank you for sharing this informative lens.
  • ezpostcard Dec 3, 2010 @ 4:00 am | delete
    well created lens, I like the heart frame design.
  • artgoodman Nov 26, 2010 @ 2:56 pm | delete
    Nice lens, I liked the egg carton game video. Thanks for sharing this great lens
  • nikkirosety Nov 23, 2010 @ 11:01 am | delete
    Awesomeness! Thank you.
  • thesuccess Nov 10, 2010 @ 1:32 pm | delete
    A_willow you once gave me an Angel's Blessing and now I can return the favor, for this eggscellent lens!
  • noobeegin Nov 7, 2010 @ 9:40 am | delete
    Fantastic ideas for uses of egg cartons. Love thsi lens!
  • JudyGoldsberry Nov 3, 2010 @ 12:17 pm | delete
    Thank you so much about the tip on dried egg on the carton being dangerous I didn't even think about that being a danger.
  • SukoMiabals Oct 28, 2010 @ 4:08 pm | delete
    I reuse the cardboard egg cartons as fire starters. If you cut all of them out and cover them in wax they work great!
  • Asinka Oct 28, 2010 @ 12:05 pm | delete
    So many creative uses of egg cartons! Thanks for sharing :)
  • nDee Oct 26, 2010 @ 11:23 pm | delete
    Excellent tips and ideas!
  • TeamSTM Oct 14, 2010 @ 10:33 am | delete
    I knew egg cartons had other uses for them but I have truly learned about some more uses that I never even considered! Thanks for this Wonderful and Useful Squidoo Lens!!!
  • huvalbd Oct 7, 2010 @ 9:42 am | delete
    Some of your ideas never occurred to me. I'm thinking of making firestarters as a gift item for a particular family member who loves building the fire in the dual-fuel stove in the winter!
  • zapider Oct 1, 2010 @ 10:12 am | delete
    Make ice From polystyrene egg cartons is a good idea
  • charlino Sep 30, 2010 @ 2:44 pm | delete
    I've always found ways to reuse my egg cartons. One is by donating them to a local farmer who provides farm fresh eggs in exchange for the cartons. (I've also used them to start seedlings, too.) Great ideas here for additional uses that I never thought of.
  • Mickie_G Sep 18, 2010 @ 2:29 pm | delete
    I recently found out how to make bat decorations for Halloween. Put the link on my True Bloodish Halloween page.
  • LisaAuch Sep 18, 2010 @ 4:33 am | delete
    I love the Golf Ball idea, I am fedd up of them rolling around!, oh..and the bird feeder...and the seedlings, this is great! no wonder it got a Urple Purple Star
  • naturegirl7 Sep 16, 2010 @ 6:09 pm | delete
    Lots of excellent ideas. It's not creative, but we reuse the egg cartons that we used to buy from the grocery.... to store our hens eggs in. I'm going to have to get my friends to save some more for us because these are wearing out.
  • a_willow Sep 17, 2010 @ 1:42 am | delete
    Yes, we do that too. :) We don't raise our own chicks but I'm sending empty cartons to one farmer near by.
  • Yume_Tenshi Sep 16, 2010 @ 1:22 pm | delete
    I know this may sound very naive but for some reason I had NEVER EVER thought you could reuse egg cartons. This is an eye opener! :) Loved the layout as well as all the tips. Now, allow me to go get over my shock. Reusing Egg Cartons... tsk, brilliant!
  • a_willow Sep 17, 2010 @ 1:41 am | delete
    LOL Abie! :) There are so many things to reuse around the home. You only have to look at something and ask yourself: What can I do with this?
  • WeddingZazzle Sep 11, 2010 @ 9:11 pm | delete
    Another great lens by you. Cool ideas. Blessed by a SquidAngel :)
  • a_willow Sep 14, 2010 @ 1:06 am | delete
    Thanks for a blessing. :)
  • lemonsqueezy Sep 11, 2010 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    I love to reuse and recycle. I hope to make some mmore ecofriendly lenses. This was very thorough.
  • renee7 Apr 3, 2010 @ 2:42 pm | delete
    I've used them for years to start seedlings, but I have never considered using them for golf ball storage. Brilliant! Great Lens!
  • theraggededge Mar 25, 2010 @ 11:56 am | delete
    Fabulous and eggs-citing ideas here! Now... can we have one that deals with all the Easter egg boxes and plastic inserts?
  • fotolady49 Mar 11, 2010 @ 1:13 pm | delete
    Hi Michelle,
    I wish I would known about this lens last year. I had a stack of cardboard egg cartons in my basement to reuse/recycle and all they did was collect dust and cobwebs and my daughter 'made' me through them away. I'm trying to quit being a packrat ...lol...[losing battle] and I knew deep down inside there was many uses for them, like to start seedlings and to give to people who raised chickens...there are still a few of them around...anyway you have so many good ideas....I'm definitely going to bookmark and favorite this lens....5*****
  • Rewards4life Mar 9, 2010 @ 2:12 am | delete
    I've found at least five ways to reuse my egg cartons instantly. Thanks for sharing. Great lens. =)
  • GoGreenYoga Feb 17, 2010 @ 1:45 pm | delete
    tons of great ideas here - i especially like the paint palette idea!
  • mysticmama Dec 26, 2009 @ 1:06 pm | delete
    Great ideas!
  • lasertek Dec 16, 2009 @ 7:56 pm | delete
    Nice! I normally throw egg cartons but reading through your lens, I will start keeping the cartons and reuse it. Thanks so much for enlightening me. Rated 5*

    Hope you could visit my lenses and be a fan of my fb page. Thanks again
  • lakshyaa Dec 8, 2009 @ 8:51 am | delete
    Great lens with excellent ideas to reuse egg cartons! I wont through off the cartons hereafter, having found better ways to use them.
  • totalhealth Dec 2, 2009 @ 2:25 pm | delete
    there'sso many ideas on how to make use those egg cartons, thanks
  • nextchapterlearning Dec 1, 2009 @ 10:35 pm | delete
    Love recycled craft ideas! Perfect! Thank you!!
    Jenn
    http://www.Glass-Block-Crafts.weebly.com (free Christmas craft ebook!)
  • AndyPo Nov 26, 2009 @ 11:34 am | delete
    Great ideas
  • momto4 Sep 24, 2009 @ 9:27 am | delete
    Wow! Who knew there were so many ways to use an egg carton! Great lens!
  • gods_grace_notes Aug 20, 2009 @ 7:46 am | delete
    Wow, what a great lens! I love all of these great ideas... you have worked really hard on this lens... and it shows!!! Thanks for putting so much effort into expressing your creativity.
    5 stars & 2 thumbs up,
    Connie
    : )
  • Earth_Friend Aug 5, 2009 @ 2:22 pm | delete
    These are very interesting ideas! I had no idea there were that many uses for egg cartons!
  • gemjane Jul 2, 2009 @ 3:23 pm | delete
    Great ideas--thanks for sharing!

    Here are some more uses for egg cartons:
    Halloween or ethnic masks
    Miniatures and Diorama and Dollhouse uses:
    vases
    bowls
    planters
    stones
    fieldstone path, floor, castle wall
    wall sconces
    use the lid for a cement floor
    pack your dollhouse miniatures in egg cartons when moving
  • Lori_Lee-Ray May 13, 2009 @ 10:40 pm | delete
    I love all of the ideas! They'll keep my grandbabies and daughter busy over the summer! Thank you!
  • stargazer00 Apr 11, 2009 @ 10:09 am | delete
    Welcome to the Money Saving Tips
  • MsSnow4a Apr 9, 2009 @ 5:02 pm | delete
    My goodness< i have been looking for ways to reuse egg cartons for a while now Thanks for sharing
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Apr 1, 2009 @ 5:44 am | delete
    Another great lens dedicated to the reuse of a popular item. I am going to include it in the Easter Time Headquarters group because so many egg cartons are emptied in the name of crafts at Easter that these crafty ideas would be great to have on hand!

    Brenda
  • Laniann Mar 29, 2009 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    That was so Funny - egg carton and baby chicks!

    My organic eggs come in those wonder gray cartons made from 100% reclaimed paper. There is something about those gray cartons that I just Love. In art school I used egg cartons while making art. Great lens with good ideas. 5 stars and I Favorite It.
  • Monique_Nelson Feb 5, 2009 @ 4:24 pm | delete
    Wow, I thought I was proactive simply by recycling my egg-cartons, you have supplied so many alternate uses. I'm amazed!
  • Snozzle Jan 18, 2009 @ 10:57 am | delete
    What a vivid imagination you must have - some interesting ideas. Must admit most of our egg cartons go to our composter. Food for thought!

    Best wishes,
    Mike.
  • SecretFreegan Jan 17, 2009 @ 1:27 pm | delete
    Thanks for the great ideas!
    I rescue about 12 cartons of cold, fresh eggs a week (usually one egg is broken so stores throw out the whole carton). They also throw out empty cartons which I keep and use to put the eggs in that are in messy cartons. I then donate the eggs along with $1,000 more worth of fresh, good food every week to a homeless shelter.
    Keep spreading the green ideas!
    Ginger Freebird
    Secret Freegan
  • jasmineann Jan 16, 2009 @ 8:29 am | delete
    Great ideas here, thankyou! Adding to my faves so I can find it again easily :)
  • EverythingMouse Jan 13, 2009 @ 4:09 pm | delete
    An excellent lens! Angel Blessings to you.
  • Beautiful_GreenBeans Jan 12, 2009 @ 8:55 pm | delete
    Another great lens! You rock. I no longer have to wrap my little glass ornaments in ten tons of tissue paper, even better!
  • TheGreenerMe Jan 5, 2009 @ 2:45 pm | delete
    Great work once again! I hope you'll join the Million Ways to Go Green group that I just started!
  • The_Party_Animal Jan 1, 2009 @ 10:39 am | delete
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  • EchoTarpeian Dec 18, 2008 @ 5:32 am | delete
    great lens! I have featured this lens in a group of three lenses you have created in the new module of our Group, Planet Earth: Our Garden of Eden... we have also featured you as the Re-Use It! Lensmaster:) thank you for all your contributions to the group... Namastè, Echo
  • JudyDunn Dec 11, 2008 @ 12:29 pm | delete
    Another terrific lens! I smiled at the caterpillar from egg cartons...I remember my daughters making those. And I appreciate the salmonella tip, I did not know that it could survive so long. Thanks. :)
  • Serenity_Prayer_Gifts Dec 8, 2008 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    Nice Lens, Handy Ideas! Thanks for sharing! :-)
  • fenergy2 Dec 4, 2008 @ 8:52 am | delete
    Great lens, and great ideas for something everyone else discards.
  • OhMe Nov 26, 2008 @ 3:13 pm | delete
    Wow. I will never throw away another egg carton. Thanks for all the great info.
  • Joan4 Nov 26, 2008 @ 12:24 pm | delete
    This is great! Our grandaughter, age 6, loves crafts and I save all the egg cartons for her. Thank you for all the super ideas.
  • dustytoes Nov 26, 2008 @ 7:57 am | delete
    I ususally recycle them by giving them to my neighbor who has chickens, or use them to help start the wood stove. I really like your Christmas ornament idea! Nice job...
  • enslavedbyfaeries Nov 10, 2008 @ 8:06 pm | delete
    I don't buy eggs, but I had to check your fun ideas to see what I'm missing out on!! :)
  • nightcats Oct 30, 2008 @ 3:25 pm | delete
    Thanks so much for this lens. I so appreciate anything that works to help protect our environment.
  • naturegirl7 Oct 25, 2008 @ 7:53 pm | delete
    Another great recycling lens. Welcome to the Naturally Native Squids group. Don't forget to add your lens links to the appropriate plexos and vote for them.
  • lou16 Oct 25, 2008 @ 1:32 am | delete
    Another great lens - my niece has Aspergers and we used to put little bits of paper with numbers on them in the different 'holes' of an empty egg carton and then she had to put numbered ping pong balls into the right 'hole.' It was an activity promoted by the Aspergers Society, but I also used it with my toddler for recognition skills.

    The seedlings is another thing I use the egg cartons for, otherwise they go to school :)
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Oct 22, 2008 @ 5:33 pm | delete
    We recycle and reuse as much as we can. Its fun finding new ways and ideas to use things.
    Great lens
    Lizzy
  • Portable_eBay Oct 16, 2008 @ 10:42 am | delete
    I remember using an egg cartoons to make a soundproof room for one of my audio hobbies. 5*
  • Jimmie Oct 15, 2008 @ 2:19 am | delete
    I think that spraying the carton with a bleach and water solution (or Lysol or other disinfecting spray) would kill any possibility of Salmonella. No need to throw them out for that reason.

    Egg cartons can be used for preschoolers to do simple sorting activities -- buttons, beads, beans, coins, etc. These are early math experiences.
  • chefkeem Oct 15, 2008 @ 1:50 am | delete
    A hearty SquidAngel Blessing for these great ideas on a fabulous lens!
  • The_Homeopath Sep 19, 2008 @ 10:23 pm | delete
    I use egg cartons for starting my seedlings every spring. Works like a charm!
  • Barkely Sep 17, 2008 @ 3:24 pm | delete
    Thanks for adding this lens to the Fun For Kids Group:)
  • alteredkat Sep 16, 2008 @ 6:26 am | delete
    We use them for kindling when burning wood in our woodstove...great fire starters!...but now you've given me some more ideas!...LOVE that red heart craft! :D 5*
  • Sep 16, 2008 @ 5:34 am | delete
    Great idea! Now I know what to do next time.
  • Evelyn_Saenz Sep 12, 2008 @ 4:24 pm | delete
    I think it's fun to turn cardboard egg cartons into alligators. Just cut them in half, paint them green, add googly eyes and tie one end together with yarn. Their mouths open wide to see their teeth.
  • LarryBass Sep 7, 2008 @ 11:49 am | delete
    Terrific Lens a_willow. Very well put together and totally useful and a large 5 star rating for it and You!
  • BFuniv.com Sep 2, 2008 @ 7:22 am | delete
    I was taught that when backpacking the best container for transporting eggs is not some fancy plastic case - but the original egg carton. thanks for all the other uses.
  • PetMemorialWorld Aug 29, 2008 @ 3:00 am | delete
    Lots of great ideas ... I might be short of fire starters if my family gets hold of this lens ;)

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I always try to trash as little as possible. This lens is product of my research on ways to reuse egg cartons.

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