Beautiful Easter egg shaped boxes are the perfect alternative to plastic Easter eggs.
Are you ready to start filling up your easter baskets? It is one of my favorite times of year. The hope of spring right around the corner… and Easter candy is by far the best candy out there!
One of the things I hate though, is those cheap plastic eggs! They never stay closed! And the kids always end up breaking them.
Last year I stepped on a piece of broken plastic egg hiding in the carpet. Ouch! Cut my foot good.
So this year I am not using any plastic eggs. Better for the environment and better for me! I made some jumbo zipper eggs that hold large Easter surprises, but for smaller items we have the perfect solution!
We will be filling our baskets with these pretty egg shaped boxes. Aren’t they so much better???
The egg shaped boxes are easy to make out of paper. I used my Silhouette Cameo to make cutting and folding super easy, but you don’t have to use one. You can easily cut them out with a simple pair of scissors.
These Easter egg boxes are also a bit bigger than those plastic eggs. Which is great for filling with all your favorite treats. A bigger box of Cadbury Mini Eggs is fine by me!
Or they are perfect for small toys too! But the best part, you can even make them bigger if needed for larger items.
How to Make Egg Shaped Boxes from Paper
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If using an electronic cutting machine, open the cut file in your software. Set up your file for Print & Cut. Print and cut out the boxes.
If using scissors, print the PDF and cut along the solid lines. Score along the dotted lines for crisp folds.
Fold along all the dotted lines. Fold all the lines towards the back, except the flaps at the top & bottom of the egg.
Glue the tabs on the smaller piece to the larger piece to make a circle.
For the bottom of the egg shaped box, add glue to the tabs and pinch to secure. Repeat all around until it’s closed up.
To close up the top, you can fill the egg shaped box up and glue to the tabs closed. Better to keep people out until Easter!
Or you can make them reusable by punching a hole in the top of each flap.
Then string a piece of twine or ribbon through the holes and tie to close.
Now all the is left is to fill them up for Easter! These make great eggs for an Easter egg hunt or to hold items in an Easter Basket!
And to finish off your Easter decorations, why not print out the cute Easter bunny art print or check out these flower seed packet art prints.
What's Easter without candy filled eggs? These colorful printable egg shaped boxes are perfect for filling your Easter basket with the best treats or toys. As an Amazon Associate and member of other affiliate programs, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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Cat @ Pocketful of Posies says
Katie,
These are so cute! Thank you for sharing at Dream. Create. Inspire. Link! Pinning and sharing!
Cat
Kati Farrer says
Thank you Cat!
Kathy says
Congrats on the online store with your mom and gosh, the fudge sounds amazing. What a neat product to sale! Love the eggs, they are unique and beautiful . Thanks for sharing at THe Creative Circle.
Kati Farrer says
Thank you so much Kathy!
Michelle James says
These are awesome! Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty
Kati Farrer says
Thank you Michelle!
Marie says
These are super adorable! What a fun way to fill “eggs” for Easter baskets. Congratulations on your new shop! That’s awesome (it doesn’t hurt that I love fudge). Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday this week!
Kati Farrer says
Thank you Marie! I love the fun egg boxes. And the fudge is AMAZING!
angie says
the boxes are so super cute and what better type of gift than a sweet gift The business sounds like a great adventure hope you have lots of sucess
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Kati Farrer says
Thank you Angie! I always love a sweet gift too 🙂
Carrie @ Crafty Moms Share says
What beautiful boxes!! I would love to have you share at my craft link party: Crafty Weekends. A new one starts Sunday night.
Kati Farrer says
Thanks Carrie. I will have to stop by.
Kristina & Millie says
these are totally cool and I am thinking fold and stuff with candy for all the kiddos around here 🙂 Thanks for sharing!
Kati Farrer says
Thank you! They are perfect for stuffing with your favorite treat, or a little non-candy toy. I hope you enjoy them 🙂
Celeste says
I love that you’re helping your mom get her business all set up online! And your Easter egg boxes are so cute and perfect for filling with all those Easter treats and goodies!
Kati Farrer says
Thanks Celeste! Since I love creating, I figured why not another website, it’s been a fun challenge. And I’d do anything for my mom, she’s awesome 🙂