12 Unexpected Ways to Recycle an Egg Carton

This organization tip is useful and satisfying. Start by sorting your jump rings, nails, screws and other small hardware into piles. Open your egg carton and fill the cups with the hardware and use the flat side of the carton to store your larger items like scissors or a craft knife. Your new storage container should fit perfectly in a drawer for easy access whenever you want to work on a project.

Create a convenient and easy-to-use sewing kit with an egg carton to store all of your supplies. Get started by painting the top of the carton a fun color of your choice. Once dry, create a pin cushion using a scrap of fabric that matches your color scheme. Add stuffing and then wrap the pin cushion like a gift. Add a little bit of hot glue and don't worry if the back isn't perfect, you'll be gluing it to the top of the egg carton. Before doing that, though, glue a small piece of elastic to the top of the egg carton to make it easier to slip in scissors and seam rippers. Then add the pin cushion. Finish the project by filling the cups with pins, reels of thread, buttons and a tape measure. Don't forget to use fun letters to label your new sewing kit.

This hack isn’t a long-term storage solution but it will come in handy when you’re working on a project that requires multiple shades of paint. Simply fill the cups with paint. You can even rest your brushes in the space between. You’ll be hard-pressed to find a more practical paint storage solution.

If you’re like us, you have a lot of washi tape lying around and you never can find a home for it in your craft space. We have the solution. Use egg cartons and organize your washi tape by color in the cups. When you’re done, use a label maker to identify each container so you know which one to reach for the next time you’re working on a project.