Easter eggs: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of packaging (wrapping, base and surprise capsule)

How to recycle Easter egg packaging? The chocolate egg wrappers, the plastic base and the surprise capsules can find a new life thanks to creative recycling. Starting from these materials, which most of the time are neither biodegradable nor recyclable due to their mixed composition, we will be able to obtain new useful objects and decorations suitable for the festive period. Here are many ideas for the creative recycling of Easter egg packaging.



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How to recycle packaging of the Easter eggs? The wrappers of the chocolate egg, plastic base and capsule of surprises they can find a new life thanks to creative recycling.



Starting from these materials, which most of the time are neither biodegradable nor recyclable due to their mixed composition, we will be able to obtain new useful objects and decorations suitable for the festive period. Here are many ideas for the creative recycling of Easter egg packaging.

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Recycle the base and the plastic capsules

Candle holder

With the Easter egg base or with the capsules that contain the surprise you can make candle holders. You can fill the plastic containers with wax to melt in a bain-marie. To obtain a decorative effect, paint the bases or capsules according to your tastes. THU the complete tutorial.

Easter eggs: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of packaging (wrapping, base and surprise capsule)

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Containers for modeling dough

Le Easter egg capsules they are perfect containers for modeling clay homemade, which you can prepare following the classic recipe salt dough or with the addition of natural dyes. THU the complete tutorial. THU the recipe for making modeling clay at home.

Read also: How to prepare salt dough at home

Easter eggs: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of packaging (wrapping, base and surprise capsule)

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Decorative earring holder

With the Easter egg base you can create a decorative earring holder. You will have to cover it with fabric and pierce it along the edge, in order to insert your earrings, thanks to their hooks. If you turn it upside down, the earring holder will resemble a small lampshade. THU the complete tutorial.



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Easter eggs: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of packaging (wrapping, base and surprise capsule)

Pot and mini-greenhouse

From our readers here is a creative idea to recycle the plastic capsule which contains the surprises of chocolate eggs. You can pierce it on the bottom and turn it into a jar to grow your seedlings. If you also use the capsule lid, you can get one mini saw.

Maracas

The blog La Classe della Maestra Valentina explains how to make fantastic ones maracas thanks to the creative recycling of Easter egg capsules. Spools for bandages were used to create the handles. To fill the container of maracas you can use seeds or buttons.

Easter eggs: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of packaging (wrapping, base and surprise capsule)

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Recycle the "paper" of Easter eggs

Kite

With the Easter egg wrapping you can build a very colorful Eagle. You will need: the paper of an Easter egg, two chopsticks or wooden sticks, string, ecological glue and nylon thread. In a few steps you can get a do-it-yourself kite at virtually no cost. Here all the instructions.

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Easter eggs: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of packaging (wrapping, base and surprise capsule)


Gift package

Some Easter egg wrappers are really nice and therefore suitable for reuse as gift package. So try to unwrap the Easter eggs without breaking them. Remove any chocolate residues from inside the wrappers and fold them carefully. For remove creases, place the wrappers under a weight, using, for example, a dictionary. Your new wrapping paper it will be ready for birthday and party gifts.


table cloth

The Kids Creative Activities blog comes up with a really smart idea for recycle Easter egg paper. It involves joining the wrappers of several eggs to form one tablecloth. Maybe you can use it to cover the children's table during Easter lunch or at school to repair the desks during chores.

Easter eggs: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of packaging (wrapping, base and surprise capsule)

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Decorative balls

Here is a very useful tip for recycling Easter egg cards. Craft and Fun proposes to use it to make the internal part of decorative spheres transparent. It can be a clever idea for future Christmas tree decorations. Therefore do not throw away the wrappers of chocolate eggs. They might come in handy in a few months.

Easter eggs: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of packaging (wrapping, base and surprise capsule)

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Gift tag rosettes

Among the numerous starting materials that we can use to make cockades suitable for close the gift boxes we also find the Easter egg card. It is a very resistant material. You can use it on both sides to get different rosettes. Here you will find many ideas to achieve them thanks to creative recycling.

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Easter eggs: 10 ideas for the creative recycling of packaging (wrapping, base and surprise capsule)

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