Cardboard Crafts for Youngsters: 5 Enjoyable Concepts

What could possibly be higher than recycling, working in 3D, and making some actually enjoyable artful sculptures?

Cardboard Angler Fish

Cardboard Kittens

I like how this undertaking lets artists of all ages make tremendous cute kittens in sweaters. I attempted this in my artwork camp which has kinder by way of 4th graders, they usually all liked customizing their little cardboard kitties. Ultimately, some discovered the wire whiskers a little bit tough to poke and fix. Drawing them with a black marker was nice too.

Supplies for Cardboard Kittens

• Corrugated cardboard, 3.5″ x 7″ rectangles, minimize to kitten shapes proven
• Scissors
• Black Sharpie markers
• White Sharpie paint marker
• Crayons
• Yarn
• Wire or pipe cleaners

Instructions to Make Cardboard Kittens

PREP: Pre-cut kitten shapes proven because it takes an grownup scissors to chop by way of the corrugated cardboard.

1. Drawing the face with black marker. White markers are used to fill within the eyes.
2. Rub all the cat with a peeled crayon for added shade.
3. Lower a notch is minimize on the neck with a scissors. One finish of a few 7 yard piece of yarn is tucked and wrapped round. Take care to go beneath the center bent tab when it’s reached.
4. Punch holes within the cheeks with a pencil and stick in wires or pipe cleaners for whiskers.

Cardboard Craft Homes

It takes a while to precut the items for little ones, however they’ve a ball “constructing” their very own little home afterwards.

Supplies

• Corrugated cardboard, 12″ squares (I discovered mine at a neighborhood Field Metropolis)
• Paper cutter
• Craft glue
• Sharpie markers

Instructions

1. I discovered clear corrugated cardboard containers and precut the 6 items for every scholar as proven above. An enormous previous chopping-style paper cutter is one of the simplest ways to go.
2. College students used masking tape to tape the 4 sides collectively.
3. The 2 roof items had been taped collectively. Cheesy glue was utilized to the facet tops, and the roof was positioned on it. The cheesy glue actually works so nice because it goes on thick and retains items from sliding round an excessive amount of.
4. College students used scraps of cardboard to make window and door particulars, after which added decorations with Sharpies.

Cardboard Craft Tree Homes

When my college students made these tree homes, they bought so concerned in adorning them they labored proper by way of the final minute of sophistication.

Supplies

• Cardboard
• Paper cutter (heavy obligation sort)
• Corrugated cardboard
• Craft sticks (slender and lengthy sort)
• Match sticks
• Craft glue
• Masking tape

NOTE: There was a little bit of prep work for this, however on the intense facet my solely prices had been masking tape, craft glue, and popsicle sticks as I discovered previous containers for the cardboard. I used an old style paper cutter to precut all of the cardboard items and place all of them baggage to make little “kits”.

1. College students used masking tape to tape the perimeters of the home collectively. They taped the roof throughout the highest seam and glued it on high of the home. The tree roll was stapled as a roll, and glued to the tree base. Lastly the home base was glued to the highest of the tree.
2. Michaels sells a wide range of wooden craft sticks lately, which makes for a number of ladder selections. I used some new slender ones for the perimeters and what are known as “match sticks” for the steps. I like to recommend utilizing Alene’s Cheesy Craft Glue for every part as it’s thick and units up in about 10 minutes.

I’ve discovered that if I simply pre minimize some home shapes for a corrugated cardboard craft class, college students as younger as kinder can simply “construct” one thing and discover ways to assemble and adorn a home.