The shops closed due to coronavirus quarantine forced us to order a lot on the Internet. Thanks to the tireless work of courier services, the number of cardboard boxes is rapidly increasing. If you have no hand rose to throw out all this magnificence, then here are ten ideas of crafts from cardboard boxes that can be done with children (or for children if they are still too small to help).
The basic principle of crafts from cardboard One: Follow the stationery knife, scissors, tape, glue, colored paper, paints or wovers - this set will be enough to make almost anything from a cardboard box.
Cardboard castle
Who needs ready-made doll houses when you can build a real lock using only cardboard boxes? Come up with your own architectural form or look for inspiration on the Internet, collect the castle and paint it in any color. You can use rolls from toilet paper or paper towels as towers.
Washing machine
If you have one big box, it can be easily turned into a toy washing machine. Cut the round door (as a glass on the door, use a plastic bag), glue the buttons (for example, the caps from the bottles are suitable), draw the control panel, and the washing machine is ready! If you have two large boxes, you can add a drying machine to it.Tunnel
Who would have thought that the most ordinary box could become an exciting game element, while it would require this at least effort. Take a small box and shift the gate in it so that the toy train (or the machine, if you make a car tunnel) could pass through. Optionally, you can equip a tunnel parking or even a helicopter platform - everything depends on your imagination here.
Trading tray
Those who have a lot of boxes have accumulated, can turn them into a real trading point - with stand, drawers for products and a convenient storage system. You can sell in such a shop by anything: plastic fruits, teddy baking, toys, books, flowers or designer details.Guitar
This is a slightly more complex project for those parents who have good glue and a little patience at home. The guitar glues from several cardboard layers (so that it turns out to be volumetric), and then strings from threads are stretched on it. It looks very stylish, plus to everything, from such a musical instrument you can really remove sounds.
Gorka
If the previous ideas of the crafts seemed to you too time, then here's an idea that does not require absolutely nothing but a free cardboard box. Any piece of cardboard can be turned into a slide, which will roll the machine or balls. Want to diversify the game? No problem! Lightly, get the slide at the end to get a springboard, and then put the basin in which the balls should land - and here you have a ready game for coordination and spatial thinking (and half an hour of free time).Shield and sword
To combat imaginary dragons or monsters that live in the closet, your child will need a knight set: shield to defend themselves, and sword to attack. Made quite quickly, serve long, give a lot of fun and adventures.
Rocket
For those who dream of conquering other planets, we have an option excellent cardboard rocket. Find a bigger box, ride the porthole in it, glue the sash so that the rocket nose turns out, add wings and paint the paint (how do you, Ilon Mask?).
Car
There are many ways to turn a cardboard box into a car for a child or his toys, but if you put it in front of the screen, on which you show video races, and give you a young driver in the hands of the steering wheel (for example, a disposable plate), then success is guaranteed.Box for drawing
Finally, if you have no strength left for something to make something, cut and invent (we understand you!), That is, another way is safe and useful to take Toddler for the period of twenty minutes to infinity. Just put it in a large cardboard box and hand shames, markers and paints. Everything, then it can somehow resolve itself.
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