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Egg Carton Color Match

Painted egg carton cups paired with colored craft sticks. Toddler-friendly color sorting in five minutes of setup.

🧒 Ages 0-2, 3-5⏱ 15 min
Egg Carton Color Match
Egg Carton Color Match
Egg Carton Color Match
Egg Carton Color Match

How to do it

  1. 1

    Paint each cup of an egg carton a different color, then cut a small slit in the bottom of each cup.

  2. 2

    Hand the kid colored craft sticks and have them slide each stick into the matching color cup.

Tips & extensions

If you don't have colored sticks, paint plain popsicle sticks the matching colors.

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