Crafts with Cardboard & Cardboard Boxes

Your child will have as much fun creating his own puzzle as he has putting one together. Make sure you choose a picture that's interesting to him.
Materials

* Interesting photo of a family member, favorite animal, cartoon character, and so on
* Poster board
* Spray adhesive
* Black felt-tip pen
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Small box
* Table

Use this project as a seasonal activity - use pastel jellybeans at Easter, green and red gumdrops at Christmas, and so on.

Materials

* Ornamental frosting
* Piece of cardboard covered with aluminum foil
* Jellybeans (not for children under 3 years)

Arrange the cut-outs randomly on a table, using some rolled-up masking tape or poster putty to hold them in place, if you like.

Materials

* Scissors
* Heavy cardboard
* Masking tape or poster putty (optional)
* Large sheet of paper
* Several crayons, papers removed

Gather up your little leprechauns for some St. Patrick's Day fun. Try this Irish craft together and when you're all done, sing a little Irish tune and dance the jig away, for everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day!

Materials

* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Cardboard
* White glue
* Small container
* Green food coloring
* Paintbrush
* Dry spaghetti
* Magnet

Thanksgiving is a good time to remind our children or grandchildren to be thankful for the many good things in their lives ... family, friends, opportunities to learn and grow. A natural way to call these thoughts to mind is to begin with a question: What are you thankful for?

Materials

* Old magazines and family photos
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Glue
* Construction paper
* Clear contact paper
* Index cards
* Small box or empty coffee can
* Brown poster board and leaf-colored (green, red, yellow, orange, and brown) construction paper

Cut some or all of the following Hanukkah shapes from the paper: candle, elephant, hammer, Star of David, and so on. You will then be adding glue and glitter to all of these shapes.

Materials

* Blue, yellow, or white construction paper
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Glue stick
* Small shoebox with lid
* Glitter
* 2 large rubber bands
* Confetti, colorful creative salt, spices, jelly powder, drink mix, or crushed multi-colored cereal (optional)

Make a life-sized snow friend to play with or to hang on the bedroom wall for all to see.

Materials

* Cardboard
* Three sheets of white construction paper or posterboard for each child
* Washable markers
* Safety scissors
* Tape
* White glue
* Cotton balls

Passover commemorates the delivery of the Jews from slavery in Egypt. Its also a celebration of spring, so make these colorful paper flowers to welcome spring and decorate the Seder table.

Materials

* Colored construction paper
* Black marker
* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Tissue paper in a variety of colors
* White glue or glue stick (non-toxic)
* Strips of stiff cardboard, 1 to 2 inches wide by 6 to 8 inches long
* Green garden tape
* Stapler

Take the kids on a fishing expedition and let them catch a few surprises

Materials

* Plastic or rubber fish, small inexpensive toys, wrapped snacks, and/or other surprise objects, 2 to 3 per child
* Tape
* String
* 2 magnets per child
* Large cardboard box or table covered with sheet
* Wrapping paper tubes or plastic poles for each child

Along the left edge of the cardboard, below the title row, write one number in each row, beginning with 0 and ending with 10. This is an arts and craft project that will help your child learn how to count....great for preschoolers and Kindergarteners.

Materials

* Marker
* Ruler
* Heavy cardboard (at least 8 1/2-by-11 inches)
* Small objects like beads, buttons, paper clips, dry pasta, cereal, coins, toothpicks, and so on.
* Glue

For Mothers Day, your child wants to make something beautiful for you or for his grandma. This project contains steps your child can do independently - for example, let your child go through some of your family photos to select a picture that holds special meaning for him or her. When the projects done, you'll have an endearing reminder - not only from the picture the frame holds, but of your time spent together making this special gift.

Materials

* Child's blunt-tip safety scissors
* Cardboard
* Construction paper or gift-wrap
* Photo
* Dry twigs
* White glue
* Ribbon

No need to buy Christmas tags when you can make many different ones yourself.

Material:

Cardboard cutout of the shape you desire for a tag or you can use a cookie cutter.
Construction paper

Every year your kids need to make Valentines day mail boxes, why not make it a bit more creative this year.

Material:

Tissue box
Construction paper
Scissors
Glue and tape

Make your own memory box to store special items, a collection, or photos.

What You'll Need

Tissue paper
Magazine cut-outs
String
Glue
Box with a lid
Photos
Memorable items

How to make a friendship bracelet pattern and instructions for making friendship bracelets from Amazingmoms.com.
It's easy to make a square knot bracelet, choker or key chain from Hemp, yarn or cotton string. It just takes a little practice. Various knots are used for friendship bracelets. "Why knots?" for a friendship bracelet? Knots are a symbol of unity, a bond that cannot be broken...much like the knots you can never remove from your shoelaces! The pattern we've provided, uses a series of common square knots (images below).

You'll Need :
Hemp, twine etc.
Various beads with Large
holes (optional)
Card board piece ~ 8" x 12"
Large clip or masking tape

Save your little boxes! You can use an empty baking soda box, food coloring box, a box from a bar of soap etc. and make Christmas Gift Box ornaments.

Christmas crafts for kids, star decorations and gingerbread ornament instructions.

You'll Need:
Glitter in assorted colors
Plastic food wrap
Large piece of cardboard
A bottle of White glue
Yarn for hanging, optional

Kids craft idea from Highlights magazine, handmade bookmark.

What you need:
scissors
thin cardboard
glue
construction paper
leaves
tissues
clear self-adhesive paper

Halloween spider craft for kids, handprint spider. Hand Print Spiders - For the HUalloween spider craft:

You'll need:
Black Tempera or poster paint
paper
wiggly eyes

For the Spooky See Through

You'll need:
White school glue
Food color
Plastic food wrap
Paint brush or cotton swabs
Card board or paper

Stamps and Printmaking Tips and Techniques for Kids including Potato Prints and Making Stamps and Stamping. These projects are loved by many children. For Potato Prints you will need:

You'll need
Potatoes
Poster paint or tempera
Paper, cardboard, or wood
sharp knife
pencil

And for Making a Stamp:

You'll need
Any of these items
Rubber erasers, Cork board, Styrofoam, cardboard
Inner tube rubber, Felt squares
Sharp utility knife
ink pad
Glue gun

With a bit of help from you, your child can make a toy town with your old containers and boxes!

You'll Need :
Saved boxes , cartons, etc
Glue or Glue stick
scissors
Construction or wrapping paper
Crayons or markers

Kids craft idea from Highlights magazine, making a puzzle.

What you need:
scissors
cardboard
glue
construction paper or paint
pencil
ruler
tape

A craft for kids and your cat. :) Make your own Kitty Cat House or Condo - You and you cat will have hours of fun in this home built just for him!

You Need:

* Two or More Paper Bags from the Grocery Store
* Scissors
* Glue
* Tape
* Cardboard
* Construction Paper
* Glasses and Bowls to Trace Around
* Pencil
* Pictures from Magazines
* Kitty

Kids can Make their Own Mardi Gras Float Costume Craft for Kids. What fun your child will have with their own parade and wearing their mini Mardi Gras float!

Materials You need:

* Tissue Paper
* Balloons
* Shredded Paper (for gift bags)
* White Glue
* Scissors
* 8' of 2" Ribbons
* Low Temp Glue Gun
* Large Cardboard Box
* Matte Knife
* Poster Paint
* Foam Brush

Train Paperweight
Wouldn't Dad just love this paperweight? It's easy to make from our wooden train kit.

You need:

* Wooden Train Kit
* Black, Red and Gold Paint
* Tacky Glue
* Two Craft Sticks
* Mini Mini Craft Sticks
* Plaster of Paris
* Aquarium Gravel
* Small Box or Container for Base Mold

Kids can make their own fancy Valentine's Day gift boxes or they can be Party Favor Boxes. This craft for kids is fun and your children will beg for more. Dress up our mini boxes in fancy dresses for an adorable party favor.

Materials You need:

* Mini Favor Box Blanks
* Molded Pearls
* Heart Gemstones
* Feather Boa
* Low Temp Hot Glue Gun or Tacky Glue

Yucky
Totem Poles
Recommended for ages 6-13.

You need:

--Several Large Cardboard Boxes
--Scissors
--Glue
--Crayons or Markers
Yucky Tongue
Yucky Mouth or
Another Yucky Mouth
Yucky Ears or
More Yucky Ears
Yucky Nose or
Another Yucky Nose
Yucky Eyes, More Yucky Eyes or Even More Yucky Eyes
--Construction Paper (optional)

Race Car - This makes a fun party or preschool activity. Children will enjoy making the car and playing a game of Red Light Green Light.

Craft Supplies That you'll need:

* Apple box for each child (or similar sized box)
* Red, yellow, blue, green and orange paint
* Colored plastic plates
* Paint brush
* Tacky glue
* Box knife
* Colored construction pape

Simple Animal Cracker Noahs Ark - Print out this simple ark template and let the kids decorate it as they choose.

Crafts Materials Needed:

Materials:
- printer
- paper
- crayons
- glue
- scissors
- blue construction paper
- cotton balls
- tooth brush
- blue or grey (rain colored) tempra paint thinned (with 3 parts paint and one part water).
- OPTIONAL: tissue paper

Learn how to create a working truck from a Soapbox...it is called a soap box Truck. You can Get things rolling on a rainy day with this toy truck project. Your children will love making this toy truck from materials around the house.

CRAFT MATERIALS NEEDED:
Small, noncorrugated cardboard box
Acrylic paint and brushes
Scissors
Glue
Craft wire
4 black buttons
2 beads
Toy figure

Your kids will love this Thomas the Tank Shoebox Train craft. It really looks like Thomas the Tank Engine. Your kids can Make this Thomas the Tank train from a shoebox and the rest of the arts and crafts supplies mentioned below.

Arts and Crafts Materials Needed:

-1 large shoebox
-1 small shoebox (i.e. for toddler size shoes)
-Paint: blue, red, black, yellow, gray[made by mixing black and white] (we used washable watercolors and it took several
-coats with drying time between each one to get good coverage. There is probably an easier way to do it than we did---a different kind of paint that would coat better but we just used what we had on hand)
-Glue (we used tacky glue)
-toilet paper roll
-Yellow foam and/or circle/rectangle foam shapes
-Llarge wiggly eyes
-Leanne's templates from the Thomas paper craft: face and bumper (see below)
-scissors
-(optional) thin doweling (we used 3/16")
-(optional) 3" round woodsies (size can be adjusted/changed to fit the relative size of your train)
-(optional) drill and drill bit (and adult assistance on this part of course!!)
-(optional) use the template from Wendy for the wheels.

Hey kids, learn how to Make a Toy House for Your Beanie Babies or Bean Bag Toys, Stuffed Animals or dolls. Children can use unused items around the house to make his or her own Bean Bag Toy House - Instructions to make a house for a bean bag toy or other stuffed animal is below with the following arts and crafts materials:

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Boxes - shoe box, milk carton, small cardboard box, etc
# Paint
# Tape
# Glue
# Misc Supplies such as Scrap Material, Ribbon, Buttons, Etc

Dolls House - Make your own doll house out of a shoe box, wallpaper, carpet, scissor, and paint

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

A Shoe box
glue
wall paper
a bit of old carpet
scissors
paint

House, Fort, or Garage - Make a fun fort, house, or garage out of a cardboard box.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

Large box
scissors
paint

You and your children can make this cure Log Cabin Arts and Crafts project to have fun or to celebrate President's Day and Abraham Lincolns birthday. Teach your child about Abraham Lincoln and his log cabin and you can turn a fun project into an educational one as well. This Little Log Cabin Craft can be make using a cardboard box, twigs, and hot glue.

-A small cardboard box (we used ones about 9 inches by 12 inches by 9 inches)
-A sheet of cardboard (for the roof)
-Hot glue (you'll need a lot)
-Craft knife (to cut the cardboard)
-Garden shears (to cut the twigs)
-A lot of twigs (choose the straightest ones you can find)
-Pencil
-Optional: Acetate (for the windows)
-Optional: Tiny pebbles and a tiny box (for a chimney)</li>

Make a Box Town - This is an easy way to make a toy town using old boxes, cartons, colored paper, scissors, tape, paper tubes, and crayons. Modular Modern House - Make a mini house using a shoe box, cardboard, and paper towel roll - shared by Angie.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

old boxes
cartons
colored paper
scissors
tape
paper tubes
crayons.

Kids - Learn how to Make a Modular Modern House with arts and crafts supplies that you already have around the house. This is an easy way to make a toy town using old boxes, cartons, colored paper, scissors, tape, paper tubes, and crayons. Children will love creating this Modular Modern House using a shoe box, cardboard, and paper towel roll - shared by Angie.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# 1 shoe box
# 1 paper towel roll
# 1 piece of cardboard as long as the shoe box, but a good deal wider than the shoe box is deep.
# Glue, tape or adhesive putty--but only if you want to make the modular design permanent.

Kids - Learn how to make a farm Silo with this fun arts and crafts project for children. You can make this silo from an oatmeal box, a piece of cardstock, scissors, and paint.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# An oatmeal box (or another cylindrical box)
# A sheet of cardstock (or thin cardboard) for the roof
# Pencil or marker
# A compass or a plate or bowl (to help you draw a circle)
# Scissors (to cut the cardstock)
# Glue stick (or tape)
# Tempera or acrylic paint (red and white)
# Scrap newspaper (to protect the table)

Hey kids, Learn how to make a very cool Western Town out of Recycled Boxes with this arts and crafts project for children. With this craft for kids, you can Make a western town out of old boxes and then have fun pretend playing with it.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:

# Small Cardboard Boxes (such as those holding Aspirin, handsoap, etc.)
# Paints of any kind and/or fine point magic markers
# Glue (prefer hot glue gun)
# Scissors
# Short string of multi-colored Christmas "twinkle" lights (optional)

Kids love to pretend play and what would be more fun than playing pretend pirate with a Treasure box as a prop. This children's arts and crafts project idea is for your kids to create a Sand Treasure Box. With this craft for kids, they can make a sand treasure box out of an empty shoe box, sand, and glue.

CRAFTS MATERIALS NEEDED:
# Empty shoe box, Cardboard egg Container
# Paint
# Craft Glue
# Clean Sand
# Food Colouring (optional)