{"id":4674,"date":"2020-04-16T03:02:04","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/?p=4674"},"modified":"2020-05-08T10:58:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T00:58:48","slug":"reuse-plastic-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/blog\/reuse-plastic-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"40 Ways to Reuse Plastic Eggs after Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that Americans spend <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/blogs\/data-mine\/2015\/04\/03\/5-numbers-to-know-for-easter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$16.4 billion on multicolored plastic eggs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Easter time? That\u2019s a lot of Easter eggs! If you\u2019re wondering how to reuse plastic eggs after the holiday, we\u2019ve got you covered.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 115%;\">We asked our Yowie World fans how they reuse plastic eggs and they had some super creative ideas for repurposing the leftover capsules. If you find a craft or project that you like, but don\u2019t have any plastic eggs &#8211; each Yowie Surprise Inside limited-edition collectible comes encased in a plastic egg, keeping the toy separate from the chocolate. Just another reason to love Yowie!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-text-color=\"secondary\"><b>Reuse Plastic Eggs to Play and Learn<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2144710979\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-5-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"How to Reuse Plastic Easter Eggs\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-5-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-5-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-5.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2144710979 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-440876325\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-440876325 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of our fans had the creative idea to repurpose leftover plastic eggs into musical maracas. We love this idea! You and your little ones can experiment with different fillers like rice, beans, coins or beads to create different sounds. Just be sure to hot glue or tape the eggs shut to avoid a big mess when you shake them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rebecca B. said that her family likes to use them like a memory game. Hiding small toys, like the Yowie collectible animals, and finding matches is a wonderful way to improve memory skills while you play!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valerie P., a daycare teacher, shared that in her classroom they use plastic eggs to paint oval shapes, as stacking games and to play color matching games.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re working on potty training, Jackie J. said they make great rewards. She puts candy in them and lets her little one choose a prize for using the potty. Great idea!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have a little one that loves to be a pretend chef? Robin G. saves plastic eggs for her niece and nephew to use as play food in their grocery carts. Several others said they make salt and pepper shakers, cups or other kitchen items out of their leftover plastic eggs. So creative!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1184213989\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-923147992\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another amazing idea comes from Melanie D., who likes to crochet egg covers to make her leftover plastic eggs look like little monsters. Aren\u2019t they adorable? You can find an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1dogwoof.com\/little-monster-easter-egg-crochet-pattern\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">egg monster crochet pattern here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1121055791\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_662511963\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crochet-Monster-Easter-Egg-Covers-600x338.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Crochet Monster Easter Egg Covers\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crochet-Monster-Easter-Egg-Covers-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crochet-Monster-Easter-Egg-Covers-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Crochet-Monster-Easter-Egg-Covers.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_662511963 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-381356708\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1867540626\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_153395812\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"408\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/95131079_2322672331367164_5266493773143080960_n.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Plastic Egg Word Matching Game\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_153395812 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1706295225\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Linda J. shared how she has made word matching games with their plastic eggs during this homeschooling time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a great idea for teaching children how to match consonant sounds with different word endings. For older kids, this can help them create rhyming words for stories or poems!<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<h2><span data-text-color=\"secondary\">Reusing Plastic Eggs in the Kitchen<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the Easter egg hunt, you don\u2019t have to give up all the plastic eggs to the kids. Many of our fans had interesting ideas for how to reuse plastic eggs in the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Molding chocolate is a great idea that came from Dawn H.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Make sure you wash the plastic egg thoroughly, and then you can dip half an egg into melted chocolate, flip over and allow to cool. Alternatively, you could pour melted chocolate into the egg and create solid chocolate eggs.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another fantastic way to reuse plastic eggs came from Jennifer T.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who shared that they like to use them as ice cream pops molds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram user @lorelai637 suggests repurposing leftover plastic eggs as fun snack containers. This would be especially helpful to picky eaters, to provide a little variety at meal times!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@kelephant31 said they use the plastic eggs as gelatin molds. That\u2019s a super creative way to make all kinds of neat snacks!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-text-color=\"secondary\"><b>Home and Garden Uses for Plastic Eggs<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram\u2019s @blue94eagle shared that they have used plastic eggs to put headphones (earbuds) in to keep from losing them on long trips. They also shared that you can put plastic gloves in them to be prepared for an emergency when you\u2019re on the go.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">@linzybinzy6207 shared that they make wreaths with their leftover plastic eggs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI put nice messages in them like fortune cookies!\u201d &#8211; @contestrobyn<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a helpful tip from @nyxxi_moon: \u201cSave egg cartons and put a half of a plastic egg in each egg spot. Fill them with potting soil and plant seeds in them for starters. You can use them for any plants, like veggies, flowers or herbs. Then once you replant you can wash them out and reuse them over and over again.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michelle P. uses them to make little birdseed eggs for the squirrels in my yard. She said you can just use clear gelatin and bird seeds, nuts, or whatever you want to feed. Then just place them around the yard. \u201cI love feeding the wildlife so stuff comes into my yard so I can take pics of them.\u201d We love nature pictures and hope to see the great ones you share, Michelle!<\/span><\/p>\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1322483788\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-6-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Reuse Plastic Easter Eggs\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-6-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-6-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-6-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-6-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Yowie-Blog-Post-Featured-Images-6.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1322483788 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h3><span data-text-color=\"secondary\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>More Creative Ways to Reuse Plastic Eggs <\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep necklaces from getting tangled<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Printable-Instruction-Cards-Small.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Homemade Silly Putty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> storage<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Car (or home) air freshener (Just add potpourri and a few holes.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Storing craft beads<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parents.com\/holiday\/easter\/easter-egg-decorations-for-kids\/?slide=slide_aa1fda5a-87b4-493b-a4d6-581363af5a11#slide_aa1fda5a-87b4-493b-a4d6-581363af5a11\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basket of strawberries craft<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plastic brick storage (Sort by size and color)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fill with sand and use to weigh down balloons or gift bags<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Store small items like nail clippers in a purse<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apartmenttherapy.com\/diy-fireflies-that-really-light-up-147918\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DIY Firefly craft<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Egg and spoon races<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creative sand castle shapes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travel sewing kit<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Store little board game pieces<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marthastewart.com\/343344\/crystal-egg-geodes\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crystal egg geodes<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tealight candle holders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bath bomb molds<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fairy lights\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepinterestedparent.com\/2015\/05\/plastic-easter-egg-floating-fish\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Floating fish craft<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bathtub toys<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bird feeders<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Succulent planters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fairy garden mushrooms<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toddler sock organizers<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Store loose change<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are just a few of the millions of ideas for reusing and repurposing plastic eggs. There is no limit to the creativity for turning these small little capsules into amazing works of art or something extremely useful. How do you reuse plastic eggs once the holiday is over? Share your ideas with us on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/yowieworld\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/yowieworld\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1598707436\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1287733570\" class=\"col medium-2 small-12 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-602011668\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_488445694\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pinterest-1-683x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"40 Creative Ways to Repurpose Plastic Eggs\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pinterest-1-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pinterest-1-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pinterest-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pinterest-1-600x900.png 600w, https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Pinterest-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_488445694 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-650967916\" class=\"col medium-2 small-12 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Americans spend $16.4 billion on multicolored plastic eggs at Easter time? That\u2019s a lot of Easter eggs! If you\u2019re wondering how to reuse plastic eggs after the holiday, we\u2019ve got you covered. We asked our Yowie World fans how they reuse plastic eggs and they had some super creative ideas for&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4675,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[16,28,45,17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yowieworld.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}