Upcycling Egg Cartons into Seed Starters

     I am creative. I have been since I was a child. I find uses for the simplest items and my knack of saving and sorting has proved handy in crafting with my kids, school projects and Bible school arts and crafts over the years.

    On my hobby and storage shelf in the garage, I had stashed about 9-10 egg cartons for crafting purposes. They've been waiting, unused, for weeks. But recently  I read how egg cartons make great seedling starters. BINGO!

    So since I've been toying with the idea of getting our gardening act together, I decided to go ahead and prepare seedlings for a Fall garden planting. I skimmed through my seed collection and ordered some late harvest seed packets from online. 

    The kids loved the idea! Together, we spread newspapers all over the kitchen table and cut the lids of the egg cartons with a pair of scissors. I filled two tupperware containers with gardening soil and gave them each a couple of egg cartons, two packets of seeds and a soil container with a spoon.

     Since my eldest son is disabled, his ability to help in the garden is greatly limited. THIS activity, however, was a great way to incorporate his excellent planning skills and careful attention to detail into a family garden project. He studied the seed packets and determined the very best planting depth and seed positioning for each product and coached his younger brother on how to do the same.

      The entire project took less than an hour and turned out great. Cleanup was less than 15 minutes and the cartons have been watered and are now sitting on the back porch, warming in the sun.

      We can't wait to see what springs up!