Check out 15 easy cardboard crafts for kids. Why not get creative with those cardboard boxes and teach your kids how to reuse recycled materials.
We are living in a day when we order everything online. With that comes piles and piles of cardboard boxes right? Think about Christmas time and all the boxes we accumulate around the holidays.
What do you normally do with your unused cardboard boxes?
Honestly, we normally just send them to the recycling bin to eventually end up in a landfill somewhere. Why not find a cool use for those boxes? This will not only teach kids how to be creative, but also how to reuse recycled materials.
“Reduce, reuse, recycle!”
You know I’m a fan of anything repurposed or recycled, especially toilet paper roll crafts!
Today I’m sharing a handful of fun and easy cardboard crafts that will keep your kids creating for hours.
cardboard crafts for kids
Easy Cardboard Crafts for Kids
Check out 15 easy cardboard crafts for kids. Why not get creative with those cardboard boxes and teach your kids how to reuse recycled materials.
See how to create your own Nerf targets with household items like building a house out of a cardboard box!
Learn how to make a Diorama in a few easy steps with a handful of materials and a cardboard box.
Kids will love making this cardboard kennel for their favorite toy animals. This is a great way to teach them to repurpose materials too.
Make his easy box robot costume with any boxes you have on hand. Here's how to do it!
Make a string instrument with cardboard and rubber bands. This can actually make music and will be a great musical toy for kids.
Create a cardboard Alphabet board with everyday objects at home. This is such a fun activity to do with kids and Kids will love finding objects with each beginning sound.
DIY Cardboard frames are a great way to say "I love you!" Kids will love getting creative with these heart-shaped frames!
Create an unforgettable playhouse with an extra large cardboard box and some battery-powered LED string lights. Your littles will love playing inside with their favorite toys or making up their own adventures.
Usually when I receive a shipping box, I take everything out, collapse the box and place it in recycling. Instead, one day, I saved all of the boxes and packaging and placed them near the playroom. I said nothing else. They were pretty creative with their results.
Turn those Amazon boxes into fun time. I show you how to make a cardboard doll house!
This DIY Cardboard Treehouse is such an easy cardboard craft for kids! Put those old boxes to new use with this simple tutorial that even the youngest crafters can help with.
Cardboard Tube Binoculars: the perfect spring and summer time kid's craft
These cardboard tube binoculars are a great rainy day craft for kids. They can use them to go bird watching, as a camp craft, or as a nature craft!
Turn recycled toilet paper tubes into darling little baby chickens - perfect for spring or Easter. These cardboard tube chicks are so sweet!
Create a base for this easy rainbow craft out of a cereal box. Preschoolers will love this fun craft idea.
These cardboard and yarn fish are the perfect craft to work on fine motor skills with younger children.
I hope you’ve been inspired by these cardboard craft ideas. In case you need some more inspiration, check out my list of other ideas below.
Cardboard Craft Ideas for Kids to Make
- DIY Pinboard
- Playhouse with cardboard box
- Paper and crayon organizer
- DIY cardboard easel
- Hopscotch board
- DIY Twister game board
- Cardboard frames
- DIY tablet stand
- DIY giant Dice
- DIY Shield and Sword
Happy crafting friends!
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