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We will be going to the beach real soon for a holiday. Getting really excited! Today, we are going to make a turtle/tortoise out of egg carton to gear up for our upcoming getaway! 😀

Egg carton tortoise and turtle

Paint an egg carton cup any colour you like

Decorate it and let dry

Cut the body out of craft foams

Glue the coloured egg carton onto the craft foam.

Glue magnets at the back and you’ll get a cute fridge magnet! 😀

Craft goes green! I’m not throwing those polystyrene fruit trays away. Instead, we are making a tortoise out of it today 🙂

Polystyrene tortoise

Cut a polystyrene fruit tray into ‘cups of bowls’ 😛

Paint the polystyrene bowl

Cut squares out of paper and paste on the shell.

Cut out head and legs out of colored foams and paste.

Paste eyes.

Tortoises in meeting 🙂

The kids and their tortoises in hand and on their heads 😀