Candles - Make scented candles. Melt wax in a double boiler. Add scents (from a candle shop) and old crayons for colour. Put wick in bottom of each eggcup. Tie on a small washer to keep it on bottom. Pour in wax, holding up wick. After wax has set, remove eggcup.

Plant Containers or Seed Starters - Poke a few holes in bottom for drainage. Fill about 3/4 with potting soil and vermiculite. Plant seeds and set in a sunny window.

Jewellery Organizer - Paint or cover with fabric. Store any small pieces of jewellery, rings, earrings, chains, cuff links, etc.

Desk Organizer - Remove top and place inside a desk drawer to hold small items, like paper clips, rubber bands, push pins, etc. Paint or decorate if you want to place it on a desktop where it will be seen.

Christmas Decoration Storage - Line cups with cotton, foam, or tissue paper and store small Christmas tree bulbs and ornaments in each cup.

Palette - Use Styrofoam kind for watercolours or acrylics to hold colours. Detach top of carton and use for mixing colours.

Craft Storage - Is your craftwork area a nightmare? Use an egg carton to store all those little pieces you don't want to loose track of while you're working.

Cheap Ice Cube Trays - Use plastic egg cartons to make extra ice.

Game / Toy Storage – Does it drive you eggstra crazy when those little pieces keep getting lost? Use a carton to store doll shoes, game pieces, dice, Lego, etc

Ball Toss - Give number values to each cup in an egg carton bottom - 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100s. Try to achieve your best total score by bouncing three ping-pong balls into cups.

Packing Material - If you often mail fragile things, simply cut up clean egg cartons to make lightweight packing material to protect contents of your mailing packages.

When we had our second child, Alizabeth , I was more experienced. I was a little more capable. When our son Steven arrived I was an old pro and when our fourth baby came to us doctor actually told me I would have to move over so she could perform delivery instead of me. I still think I could have delivered Abigail myself.

When you first become a parent, you start with diapers and learn to protect your baby. What I learned is that you can grow with them.

You don’t have to know how to guide their career choices. You have to teach them to finish what they start and to love a job well done.

You don’t have to teach them to wisely choose a spouse, you have to let them know that they have intrinsic worth with or without Mr. or Mrs. right.

You don’t have to answer all of big spiritual and moral questions. You have to teach them to love God and to love others.

If you can start with holding your wife’s hand and keep from passing out, you can move on to big stuff when you’re ready.

Steve Brummet is a communication expert, writer and speaker who works with all types of organizations to increase understanding of communication styles.

Better communication can help you and your organization reduce stress and increase productivity. For more information on one of our workshops, please feel free to call or write.