To keep the weight down, the half-gallon carton holder is actually stainless steel over aluminum.
You can buy around 10 crickets and keep them in small kritter keeper with a few apple slices and some hiding spots like egg carton egg holders.
For example, use a holder created from the egg carton or a small cap from a juice bottle.
These can be made easily from an egg carton; simply cut out a single egg holder and thread string through its open end, each side, then tie with a knot to keep in place.
The eggs can be removed from the carton and placed into egg cups or other holders for display alongside other Easter decorations.
Mr. Herbruck, from Saranac, Mich., designed his carton so that the number of "other" compartments match the number of egg holders, so the carton can carry the correct amount of ingredients for an omelet or any egg dish, or even Easter egg painting supplies.
But as Donna Berry, an editor at Dairy Foods magazine notes, "What kid wants to drink from that paperboard carton you were forced to in school?" Thus the new single-serve, clear-plastic containers that fit into car cup holders and have resealable tops.
One notable innovation that came out of that: round, resealable milk containers that, unlike square cartons, fit in car cup-holders.
