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Kids’ Craft: Turn those Empty Plastic Eggs into Light-Up Fireflies in No Time

Modified: Jun 10, 2015 by Elisabeth Kruger · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

Kids’ Craft: Turn those Empty Plastic Eggs into Light-Up Fireflies in No Time...Once the Easter craze has worn off you’re going to be sitting with a lot of Easter-themed trash and leftovers that may seem pretty useless; more specifically, those plastic Easter eggs. I really don’t like plastic because it has such a terrible impact on the environment, so I’m really quick to jump on the chance repurpose anything plastic… so here’s how to reuse your plastic eggs once the chocolate-filled holiday has come and gone: turn them into fireflies!

This is a fun little craft to do with the kids – you just stick a LED tealight into the egg, and then, with the help from the kids, add all the little odds and ends to make it look like a little bug. You’ll probably have most of the supplied laying around in your craft box anyway, so you won’t have to actually go out to buy anything: silver duct tape for the wings, white labels (or paint) for the eyes, pipe cleaners for the legs and antennae, and a thumbtack or needle to poke holes so that you can insert the pipes cleaners.

Thanks to Katie Steuerngale for this adorable craft. (Apartment Therapy Profile) - Detailed instructions on her blog Matsutakeblog.

It’s as easy as that! The little ones are sure to love them, and they’ll look simply adorable creeping about in your garden or porch.

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  1. Tangie fry

    October 01, 2015 at 6:32 pm

    I love these little reperposed plastic eggs ! The fireflies are adorable! Thankyou

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  2. Vicky

    October 01, 2015 at 9:31 pm

    Very clever! I miss fireflies.

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