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Plastic Milk Carton Craft Ideas
Discover creative plastic milk carton craft ideas! Recycle and transform cartons into bird feeders, organizers, planters, and fun DIY projects for kids and home décor.
Looking for a fun and easy way to recycle those plastic milk cartons? Check out these great craft ideas! With a little imagination, you can turn them into all sorts of fun and useful things – from planters and bird feeders to storage containers and more. So get creative and start upcycling those milk cartons today!
Fun & Simple Plastic Milk Carton Craft Ideas For Kids
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Easy-To-Make Watering Can Craft Ideas Through Plastic Milk Jug
Image Source/ Tutorial: Family Handy Man
We all find many used plastic milk jugs in the house, so why not turn them into something useful like a watering can that you can use for watering the plants? This process is very simple and easy to do activity. All you need is a used milk plastic jug, clean the jug and its cap, then leave it to dry. After it has dried, take its cap and place holes in it using a pin. Now you fill water in the jug, close its lid and you can water your plants easily. A simple craft and easy craft that you can do at your home with used milk jugs.
Scary Skeleton Making Idea From Old Plastic Bottles
Image Source/ Tutorial: E How
Halloween is all about decorating the house with scary materials that will provide a lot of fun. But buying these scary materials can be expensive for the party, so why not use old milk plastic bottles to make a good scary decoration? This craft activity will be inexpensive for you and its unique idea will work very well. Start by cleaning eight old milk bottles. Now make the skeleton by making its bones, head, arms, legs, and other important parts on the plastic bottle using a black marker. Now use scissors to cut all parts of the skeleton from the plastic bottle. Now to join the parts of the skeleton, use a hole punch to make holes in plastic skeleton pieces and then join the skeleton body with string. Now paint the skeleton with glow-in-the-dark paint. After painting it, leave it to dry. After it dried, hang the skeleton in your garden and you will see its great glow at the night party. We hope that you enjoy this craft work.
Useful Art Supply Organizer Craft With Plastic Milk Jug
If you have lots of craft supplies and you don’t have the space to keep them, then this craft is your savior. For this craft activity, we will use a plastic milk jug that is used and clean, if it’s not, then clean it. After that, use a pencil to mark the area that we will cut and then use scissors to cut it. After that, use the acrylic paint of your choice to paint the jug. For this painting, give it two coats of paint and then leave it to dry. In the meantime, take a piece of paper, cut a circle from it, and then paint it with chalkboard paint. After painting it, leave it to dry. After both paints have dried, take the circle and use a hot glue gun to stick it on the jug, use chalk on the circle by making a layer of it and then remove it. Now you can write the info about things placed in the jug. Finally, cut a piece of ribbon and stick it on the edges of the cut area. Now you can place your supplies inside it, a neat and brilliant craft that helps you organize your supplies well. You can make more like this for different other supplies.
Adorable Fairy House Craft With Old Milk Bottle
Image Source/ Tutorial: Filth Wizardy
Kids can unleash their creativity by making their unique fairy tale houses with old milk bottles. We all keep old milk bottles in our houses, so kids can turn their old milk bottles into fairy tale castles with their dolls inside. Start with your old milk bottles, if aren’t clean, then clean them with water and leave them to dry. After they have dried, use markers to mark the areas that you will use to make gates and windows of the castle. Then, take the exacto knife to cut the marked areas, now you will have your windows and gates. You can design the castle by placing sparkling stickers of fairy tale cartoons on the jug and by placing stairs to the windows using pipe cleaners. Girls can place their dolls here and play with them in their castle. With these simple steps, your craft is complete, kids can make this craft with their parents and make and play with the castle.
Let’s Make Funky Piggy Bank From Old Milk Jug
Image Source/ Tutorial: Thrifty Fun
Kids love using piggy banks as they look great and they protect our money from strangers. They can make their cool piggy bank from an old milk jug. This may sound odd, but it is a nice cool idea. Start by taking an old milk jug, cleaning it, and removing its label using warm water. After leave it to dry. After it has dried, take your pink acrylic color and start painting it on the milk jug. After painting it completely leave it to dry. After the paint has dried, use black paint to make its eyes, nose, and ears, then use a pencil to mark the hole and make it with the scissors. After the black paint has dried, your craft is complete. Now you can start placing your coins in the piggy bank. Kids can make this piggy bank with their parent’s supervision and learn how they can do more craft activities with milk jugs.
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Plastic Milk Bottle Upcycling Storage Craft
Milk plastic bottles are a good storage product. If you have many things lying around you and you only wish for great help, then we think that this craft does a good job of this. Plastic milk bottles store your materials well as they have space and you can easily hang them with their handles. Begin by taking plastic milk bottles, cleaning them, and removing their labels. Then use a black marker to mark the lines on the top portion of the jug. Now use scissors to cut the upper portion and now your jug is ready. You can hang them on the rod using the bottle handle. Place your craft materials, clothes, and other extra things in the jug, if you wish, you can place tags on the bottle container by cutting cardstock papers into small tag shapes and writing on them using markers or you can print them. Place these tags on the top of the containers to know their details. Your craft is complete, hang these containers on the rod and you will store your materials well.
Fun-To-Make Plastic Milk Carton Toss Game Activity Idea
Image Source/ Tutorial: Crafty Journal
Kids can make a simple marshmallow toss game using plastic milk cartons and marshmallow balls. This a simple and fun-to-make activity that kids make at their homes. Begin by taking a plastic milk carton, cleaning it, and removing its label, then use a black marker to mark the area where you will make a hole. After marking that hole, use scissors to cut out the hole, and make its eyes with blue and black marker. You can decorate it more using markers and paint with your desired colors. Now your craft is ready, kids can play the game by throwing marshmallow balls in the hole accurately. A great fun craft that kids can make using a milk carton and markers. Kids will enjoy making this craft and playing with it.
DIY Simple Plastic Milk Jug Catcher Game Idea For Kids
Image Source/ Tutorial: Childhood 101
Kids can make their games with a plastic milk jug by making it a catcher. This is a DIY craft activity that can be done by kids at home with their parents. Begin by taking a plastic milk jug, clean the jug, and then remove its label. After that, use a marker to mark the bottom area that you will cut and this line mark will help you in cutting it perfectly. Now, cut the bottom part and discard it, then place duct tape around the edge of the lower part. Color the jug with markers and then you can use it to play catching games. Now you can use it to play catching games with water balloons and pom pom balls. A nice craft activity through which kids can play outdoor catching games.
Easy-Peasy Milk Jug Winter Sowing Idea
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Gardening is a great activity, as it allows people to plant trees and decorate and maintain their gardens well. To grow their garden in a different good and unique way, they can use plastic milk jugs to grow their small plants since this activity is cost-friendly and it also doesn’t harm the environment as we are reusing the product well. Begin by taking a milk jug, if it isn’t clean then clean it and remove its label. After that, cut the jug from the middle, leaving the cut from one side thus making the top side a flap. Now, place your soil on the lower side and fill it. Now place your seeds in the soil and water them daily. After some time, you will see small plants growing in the soil. Using this easy idea, you can use more unusable milk jugs for growing plants through this activity. This is a great gardening activity that you can do with easy steps and decorate your garden with this great activity.
DIY Plastic Milk Jug Planter Craft In Cute Bunny Theme
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You can make brilliant planters with cute bunny themes by using milk jugs. This is a great DIY craft activity that you can do in your home, with simple supplies and this activity works great in reusing things. Begin by taking milk jugs, cleaning them, and removing their labels. After that, take the jug, and mark the lower portion with two big edges. Use scissors to cut the marked lines on the jug, after cutting them paint the jug with your desired colors and then leave them to dry. After the paint has dried, decorate the jug with paint colors and a black Sharpie. After the paint has dried, place your wet soil inside the jug and then plant your small plant in the soil. Now place the planter in your garden or you can place it in a room that has efficient sunlight. With that, your craft is complete, this is a great environmental activity that reuses old materials and turns them into nice products for future use.
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Homemade Plastic Milk Jar Lunchbox Crafting Idea For Kids
Image Source/ Tutorial: Creme De La Craft
Who would have thought to make a lunchbox out of a milk jug, nobody but we think that it is the most brilliant use of a milk jug, as it doesn’t squeeze the lunch and the food inside it will not produce any bad smell. So, an easy and brilliant lunchbox for the kids. Start by taking a milk jug, cleaning it well, and removing the labels. After that, use a marker to draw the design for the box, making four half-circles and one circle a big one so that it works as the flap. Now join its sides, which will allow it to come in shape and you can make the lunchbox. After that, use a needle and thread to sew the button to the flap and on the lower side poke a hole, then take a hairband, make its loop, and then tie a knot. Place this hairband in the hole and now you can close the lunchbox through the button lock. Your craft is now complete, you can design the box by placing stickers on the top of the flap, this simple craft activity shows creativity and how can you use milk jugs.
Let’s Make A Small Garden With Plastic Milk Bottles & Wood
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You can make your small garden with plastic milk bottles and wood, making it a nice garden. This craft activity can be done with home supplies and parents play the main role in this activity. Start by making a wooden frame with a big frame and then place wood pieces horizontally. You can join these wood pieces by placing holders below them. After that, take the plastic milk bottles, clean them, and remove their labels. After that, cut your plastic bottle from the bottom and close the bottle cap. Now, you can place your soil in the bottle and then place small plants in them. Secure the plants carefully and see that soil is not leaking from the bottle. Now you can hang your plants from the bottle handle. With that, your craft is complete. Now you can place this brilliant small garden in a place where it gets enough sunlight and water these plants daily.
Easy-Peasy First Aid Box Craft Project Made From Old Plastic Milk Jug
Image Source/ Tutorial: A Spoon Of Sugar Designs
A first-aid box is an important thing that you should place in your vehicles and homes. They are important as they help in healing small wounds and cuts easily. You can make your first-aid box with an old plastic milk jug. Start by cleaning your milk jug with water and remove its labels. After that, cut the lid part of the jug and use a craft knife to cut to fold the top edge allowing it to make a box and its cover. Now decorate the box by using black paper to make the doctor’s cross and red paper to make a dot. Now fill the box with the necessary first aid supplies and your craft will be complete. It’s an important craft that kids can make with simple supplies and help anyone who needs it.
Beautiful Milk Jug Votive Candle Holder Flower Craft Idea
Image Source/ Tutorial: Bliss Bloom Blog
Decorate your dining table with votive candles as they will look beautiful and they will also look attractive. A great attractive candle holder activity that can be easily made with simple supplies and this won’t take much time. Start by taking white paper and cutting it into shapes of petals with appropriate length. Now take your milk jug, cut it open, and then use paper petals to cut different lengths of petals. After cutting them, collect the petals and start sticking them with bigger petals below, making the base, and then smaller petals above it. Stick them well and give them the shape of a lotus. Now place your candle over the lotus and if you wish, you can stick the candle. With that, your craft is complete, you can place this candle on the dining table and enjoy the beautiful light from this votive candle.
Colorful Plastic Milk Jug Elmer Elephant Craft Project For Kids
Image Source/ Tutorial: The Imagination Tree
We all love the story of Elmer the elephant and how its story teaches about empathy and kindness and understanding others as everybody is different from others. Taking the inspiration from the story, make your own Elmer elephant using milk jugs and colorful tissue paper. Start by taking plastic milk jugs, cleaning them, and removing their labels using warm water. Then, use scissors, to cut the lower part into the shape of an elephant, for this, you can take out a printable template to work on the shape. After making the shape, take your colorful tissue papers, cut them into square shapes, and glue them on the shape. Now make its ears by cutting white paper into semi-circle shapes, design them with tissue paper, and paste it on both sides. Finally, make its eyes with black and white paper, then paste them. With this step, your craft is complete, now kids can play with their elephant and through this, they remember the moral of the story.
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Recycled Plastic Milk Jug Watering Can Idea To Make
Image Source/ Tutorial: A Journey To A Dream
Use your recycled plastic jug for something useful by turning it into a watering jug. This is a simple craft activity that should be done by an adult as it has a fire activity from which kids should stay away. We will take a plastic milk jug, clean it, and remove its label. After that, take its cap and a needle and heat the top point of the needle by burning a matchstick. After that, carefully handle the needle and poke holes in the cap. If you have a small amount of holes, then you can reheat it again to poke the holes. Now fill the jug with water and close the cap. Now, you can water your plants easily through this recycled plastic milk jug. A simple craft activity that adults can do in front of their kids to teach them the activity.
Plastic Milk Jug Toss Game Craft Idea For Kids
Image Source/ Tutorial: Creative Connections For Kids
The milk jug toss game is a simple game where kids have a yarn pom pom ball attached to a string to the jug and kids have to place the ball inside the jug. This is a simple craft activity with no extra requirements and after making it, kids will enjoy the toss game. We will take a plastic milk jug, clean and remove its label. After that, use scissors to remove its bottom half. After cutting it, discard the lower part and place duct tape on the edges of the lower side. Now take the string and tie it from the upper cap and the second one from the inside, and tie both strings together and join it with the yarn pom pom ball. With these simple steps, your craft is complete, now kids can play with this ball, trying to place it inside. A brilliant craft activity that can be done by simple steps and kids can make this on their own.
Simple Bird Feeder Craft Idea Using Plastic Milk Jar
Image Source/ Tutorial: Happy Hooligans
You can turn your plastic milk jar into something useful by turning it into a bird feeder. With a simple craft activity, you can turn your plastic jar into a bird feeder. Begin by taking a milk jar and cleaning it, if it is not clean. After that, mark the hole from where you can fill the bird feeder, and birds can easily come and eat it. Then, make two holes and close the lid of the jar. Now your kids can fill the jar with bird food and finally, you can hang the feeder on the tree branch using the holder. A simple craft that you can do at home with kids and help small birds find food.
Adorable Plastic Milk Bottle Bunny Craft Idea For Easter
Image Source/ Tutorial: Lara Jane Town Send
We all love bunnies in the easter season as they bring chocolates in this season. You can make adorable rabbits for an easter lunch party which will bring charm to the table using milk bottles. Start by collecting your milk bottles, and cleaning them with warm water which will clean them well and also help in removing the labels. After that, download the printable template for the bunny shape. Now, trace the template on the white paper placed on the cardboard. After tracing, cut open the milk bottle and now trace the bunny’s body on it. Make two sides and its whiskers and ears. After that, join both sides and join small plastic cuttings to make its hands and legs, then join its whiskers and ears using glue. For joining the whiskers and making eyes, use a hole punch. Finally, wrap your chocolate in colored foil paper and place them on the bunny’s hand. With this step, your craft is complete, you can make more bunnies like this and decorate your table with this adorable craft.
Beautiful Bird Craft Idea Using Old Plastic Bottles
Image Source/ Tutorial: Eden Project
You can use old milk plastic bottles to make a beautiful hanging bird. We all have old milk plastic bottles that are just kept like that, so why not use them and turn them into beautiful birds? Begin by cleaning the old bottles and removing their labels, after making a raw design as to how will you shape the bird, for that use a marker to draw the lines to mark the lines where we will cut. Then, begin cutting the bottom of the bottle and then cut it from the lower sides. Now make its beak by making a curved cut below the bottleneck and then fold it to make the beak. After that, hold the handle and open the edges of the bottle to make its wings. Now you can hang your bird by placing its wings through the strings. This a simple craft activity with old bottles with which kids can play or you can use them as hanging pieces in the garden.
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DIY Garden Marker Craft Idea From Plastic Milk Jar
Image Source/ Tutorial: Mr. Brown Thumb
When we build our garden, we love to mark the names of plants and trees that are present in our garden. You can do this simple work by using a plastic milk jar. Make your simple garden marker with the help of a plastic milk jar with simple craft steps. Start by taking a clean plastic jar, If it isn’t clean then clean it, After that, use your pencil to make arrow symbols on the plastic jar. After making these arrows, cut them out with scissors. Now, you can write the plant’s name on the arrow using a black marker or a Sharpie. Finally, place your markers on the plant in a vertical position with the plant’s name on the top, so that everybody can see it. A simple DIY craft activity which you can do alone with simple supplies and this craft activity can be done in a short period.
Common FAQs Related to Plastic Milk Carton Craft Ideas
What can I make from plastic milk cartons?
Several things can be made from plastic milk cartons. Some examples include plant pots, bird feeders, and storage containers. With a little bit of creativity, the possibilities are endless.
What can a milk carton be used for?
A milk carton can be used for a variety of purposes. It can be used as a container for milk, as a container for other liquids, or as a container for solids. It can also be used as a plate, as a bowl, or as a tray.
What can you do with old cartons?
There are several ways to reuse or recycle old cartons. One option is to use them as storage containers for small items around the house. Another is to flatten them and use them as packing material when shipping items. Some people also use them to make homemade crafts, such as birdhouses or picture frames.
Are milk cartons reusable?
Yes, milk cartons are reusable. You can reuse them for storage or other purposes. Just make sure to clean them out thoroughly before using them again.
What can I do with empty plastic jugs?
There are many things you can do with empty plastic jugs. You can use them as planters for your plants or flowers. You can also use them to store food or other items in your pantry or fridge. If you have young children, you can use them as toys or for crafts. You can also recycle them or use them to make compost.
Can you reuse plastic milk containers?
Yes, you can reuse plastic milk containers. Just make sure to clean them thoroughly with hot, soapy water before using them again. You can also recycle them if you don’t want to reuse them.
What can you make out of boxes?
There are all sorts of things you can make out of boxes! Some people use them to create storage solutions, while others get creative and make things like forts, furniture, or even houses. It all depends on your imagination and what you have available. With a little bit of effort, you can turn a simple box into something special.
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