Creation of a puppet theater
Necessary materials:
- Box with lid.
- A3 cardboard.
- Colored paper.
- White paper.
- Scotch.
- Glue.
- Colored pencils, markers, felt-tip pens.
- Wooden skewers.
- LEDs.
Progress
This cardboard box craft requires a little more effort than the previous product. You need to cut out a “window” and cut four holes at the top. The width of the holes should be equal to the diameter of the wooden skewers.
You need to cut out a platform from A3 cardboard and glue it closer to the bottom. Slots are made on it, just like on top. To keep it in place, you need to glue small pieces of cardboard underneath, and then glue the pad itself onto it.
Beads need to be glued onto wooden skewers. They need to be glued on the bottom. You can use a box lid as a background.
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To create a relief landscape, you need to cut out the necessary components from colored paper and glue them to the inside of the lid. If you create an arctic background, you will need to create white paper glaciers and an ocean.
At the next stage, you need to cut out the heroes of the fairy tale. You can look for them in old picture books.
Each fairy tale hero needs to be glued onto a wooden skewer. Then you need to place a garland through the holes in the box. This craft from a box is suitable for kindergarten or primary school students.
Picture frame
You can very quickly and easily build frames for photographs, panels or paintings. You can insert children's drawings and applications into them. These frames will make an excellent photo wall.
If you still have a roll of paper napkins, you can make an original air frame. It will be better if such cardboard cylinders are of different diameters.
Cut them into circles of the same height. Lay out in a rectangle and form a frame. Glue the circles wall to wall. Arrange them as you wish.
You can paint it with spray paint, for example silver. Multi-colored circles look playful. Any simple old frame will do as a base.
There are a huge number of options for homemade products. And you can always look up diagrams for DIY cardboard crafts on the Internet.
Fantasy is limitless. Dream and realize your ideas in cardboard first. And then in reality. After all, dream visualization is a useful thing.
Mini football
There are many ideas on the Internet on how to make crafts from boxes and photos of crafts from boxes. Another good idea is to create mini-football.
To create this craft you need:
- Any shoe box.
- Glue gun.
- Skewers.
- Paints.
- Clothespins.
Progress
You need to make eight holes in the box: four on one side and four on the other. You need to attach clothespins to the skewers. After this, the skewers need to be painted. After this, you need to cut slots on both sides for the ball. The final step is to insert the skewers into the holes and the job is complete!
Colored cardboard
Colored cardboard is sold in stores in two types: single-sided and double-sided. Single-sided cardboard is used to create appliqués, bases for paintings, and small decorative details that will be visible only on one side.
Double-sided cardboard is used to make three-dimensional figures and crafts, the appearance of which is important on both sides.
Casket made from waste material
You will need four identical boxes without lids. One of them needs to remove the side part, the other one needs to remove all the sides. The lids of these boxes need to be glued together - this will be the base for the future box. It should consist of three sides and a bottom. You need to glue the inverted lid on top. The base is ready.
All three boxes need to be placed in the base. After this, the box can be decorated with additional elements that can be used to open the drawers.
Toys made from waste materials
You can make a toy sewing machine for your daughter. This thing will please the child, despite the fact that it is made from unnecessary materials. It requires:
- Shoe box.
- Knife.
- Dowels.
- Glue gun.
- Markers.
- Decorative elements.
Progress
The drawing diagram can be easily found on the Internet. The box must be cut according to the drawing.
After this, the wooden dowel must be attached to the rectangle. This will be a replacement sewing needle. The triangle is glued to the desired location on the sewing machine.
You need to make a flywheel from thick cardboard. It must be attached to the desired part of the machine using a plastic pin.
A wooden dowel needs to be attached to the top so that the reel can subsequently be placed on it.
On the front side of the machine, you can make buttons from small pieces of cardboard, as well as slits into which you can later insert switches from dowels with beads at the ends.
You can use a pen to fill in missing elements, such as divisions.
Fireplace
To create a decorative hearth, you will need a large box or several small ones, depending on the size of the future creation. Small boxes are glued together; it is better to remove the partitions that will be inside the future hearth in advance.
A “firebox” is cut in the front part of the product, into which “firewood” is subsequently placed. Firewood can be made from small real logs, their imitation from rolls of light wallpaper, branches.
To give the craft a solid or attractive look, the box is pasted over:
- Wallpaper to resemble tiles, brick or stone;
- Self-adhesive film;
- Bricks cut out of paper and everything else that its future owners would want to decorate the fireplace with.
The edges of the fireplace are finished with ceiling plinths or border strips.
Home decor is placed on the mantelpiece, and a scoop and poker are hung on a special stand. If you really want, you can also create them from cardboard.
Car made from a cardboard box
You need to cut off three sides of the box, and bend the last side inward at an angle. This will be a makeshift dashboard.
Beads and rotating elements need to be glued to the dashboard.
For the steering wheel you will need a toilet paper roll and a disposable plate. The grommet is placed on the dashboard and the plate is glued to it.
You also need to glue the same plates on both sides of the machine. These will be the wheels.
You can stick a radiator grille on the front using colored tape. The craft is ready!
Houses for the little ones
These houses can be made from milk cartons. For this you will need:
- The packages themselves.
- Wire.
- Feathers.
- Kinder surprise containers.
- Scissors.
- Glue.
- Clothespins.
The bags must be painted in the required colors. Using scissors or a utility knife, you need to make windows for the birds. You need to glue a skewer or wooden dowel to the front part. This will be a perch for birds.
You can make birds out of kindersurprises. You need to draw eyes on the container, and use feathers to make wings and tails. Wire is suitable as paws. The birds are attached to the perches with glue.
Decorating your home with boxes
The boxes need to be painted in any color using a can of spray paint.
If you don’t have paint, you can simply cover them with colored paper. The resulting shelves can be attached anywhere with double-sided tape.
Equipping a work station for handicrafts
You don't need any special skills to work with cardboard. It is not difficult to equip a workplace and tools for the creative process.
You need to prepare:
- sheets of cardboard of the texture that is best suited for the chosen type of craft;
- colored and simple pencils and a ruler;
- colored paper;
- markers;
- glue;
- scissors and awl;
- wet wipes.
Having everything you need at hand will make your work a joy. You won’t have to constantly be distracted and look for one thing or another.
Variety of things from cardboard boxes
Cardboard boxes are an excellent waste material for creating all kinds of crafts for children and more. You can use boxes to make a toy kitchen set, and you can use a TV box to make a toy TV.
You can make a camera out of an old box: a small round candle is attached to the front side.
You can make a computer from a cardboard box and foil, and a traffic light from a milk carton.
Storage facilities
Shoe boxes can store more than just shoes, especially since they last somewhat longer than their contents.
From unnecessary boxes you can make a wonderful closet for storing seasonal items: hats, scarves, mittens and gloves. This will allow you to keep your main wardrobe clean and tidy and quickly find the necessary accessories.
- To create such a useful design, you simply need to label each box with bright markers or glue the appropriate labels. The boxes are placed one on top of the other with the inscriptions facing out.
A good option would be to divide the box into compartments that can accommodate pairs of socks or underwear.
