What can you make with a milk carton?

What can you make with a milk carton?

Milk Carton, Bottle & Jar Ideas

1. So here’s a huge list of milk carton crafts you could try. Go and raid the recycling bin now!!
2. FAIRY HOUSE LANTERNS.
3. 2 BEACH TRIP MEMORY JAR.
4. 3.ETCHED LANTERNS.
5. 4.PERSONALISED DRINKS JARS.
6. 5.ELMER ELEPHANT.
7. 6.MUSICAL BOTTLES.
8. POPPY DAY LANTERNS.

How do you reuse milk cartons?

Reuse Your Used Cartons

1. Bee Hydration Stations. (Photo: Kylene Sevy)
2. Bird Feeder. (Photo: Andrew McCaul)
3. Lighthouse Lantern. (Photo: Nora Vrba)
4. Planter. Emptied juice or milk cartons are perfect upcycled planters because their carton material is already water resistant!
5. Pantry Containers.

How do you paint milk cartons?

Cover the cartons with white acrylic, gesso or latex house paint. Let dry. (Optional: wrap the milk carton with paper — like a present). Paint the carton (using tempera paint) to look like a house.

What can I do with empty milk containers?

Reusing plastic milk jugs around the home is one of the best uses. You can use them in your home to make a Sewing Room Fabric Scrap Storage system or a Sandwich or Snack Container. In your garden, you can use them to make Wall Planters, a Watering Jug or a Milk Jug Birdfeeder.

How do you make a greenhouse out of a milk jug?

How to start milk jug greenhouses step by step:

1. Step 1: Cut your jugs in half and toss out the lids.
2. Step 2: Moisten the soil really well.
3. Step 3: Add seeds.
4. Step 4: Close your container and seal all air gaps with duct tape.
5. Step 5: Label the jug.
6. Step 6: Set them outside in a full sun location.

How do you clean milk cartons?

Every couple of weeks, take your range of milk jugs and fill them with a water and coffee cleaner solution to break up any calcium hardness that’s developing. Let the solution sit for fifteen minutes, then give them a normal wash with soapy water.

What paint sticks to milk cartons?

Since milk cartons are waxed you must use acrylic craft paint, you know the little bottles that are only a dollar or so each, or something better quality of course is fine too….You’ll Need:

• acrylic craft paints.
• a little patience for the first coat.
• well washed-out milk cartons.

What vegetables can I grow in milk jugs?

Growing Plants in Milk Cartons Square foot gardeners often grow 16 carrots (Daucus carota L.) or radishes (Raphanus sativus L.) or nine onions (Allium cepa) in a 12-inch garden square, so a milk jug can easily handle four or five carrots or radishes or three onions.