We are aware that crafts are that skill or work done with the hands, where both adults and children use this exercise to develop their creativity. For older children we have some very fun crafts made with cardboard, like this They will have fun painting and gluing colored elements.
The beauty of this type of cardboard crafts is that we always use materials that they can be recycled again and there are always plenty of curious and beautiful proposals that we can do with our hands. The ideal of these moments is that we can always involve the children, because they love it, it calms them and makes their imagination grow.
All these crafts have been chosen and in each of them we can see a demonstration video and a link on how to do it. To browse a little more you can see how to do cardboard crafts for toddlers o crafts to welcome fall.
Cardboard crafts to do with older children
Indians with cardboard tubes
These Indians are made with cardboard tubes that we can recycle. It has a beautiful coloring and a very meticulous decoration made with feathers, wool and the help of colored markers.
For this craft, acrylic paint has been used to color the tubes and with the help of glue the elements mentioned above and some colored ribbons have been glued. The final touch will be the markers, since they will help to paint those small details of the face and the ornaments of their clothes.
Space rockets with cardboard tubes
These rockets also have their share of recycling. They are made with long cardboard tubes that we can reuse and decorative papers that will decorate in a childlike way. The children will learn to make some cones, some stars with a die cutter and to draw some space legs to cut out and place. Kids will love making this fun craft.
Treasure box
Children love making this type of craft. A box that you no longer use can be reused to make this fun colored drawer. The entire box has been painted blue and another lid has been placed on top to make it different. With some brushes and other colors, drawings of stars and flowers have been made that can be easily drawn. The beauty of this box may be the tassel that is hanging. To know how to do it you can look here.
Unicorn-shaped box
This box is wonderful and girls will like to know how to decorate it in the shape of a unicorn. A small box that has been painted white has been reused. With the use of Eva rubber and cardboard she has made ears with their characteristic shape. The horn is made of white rubber-like clay and painted with glitter. The other elements such as the colored ribbons and the fabric flowers will make the decorative part of this beautiful figure. The practical thing about this box is that you can use it as a detail and keep a gift inside.
Train with recycled cardboard
This train is very fun to do. Egg cartons have been used mainly and they have been cut into wagons. All of them have been painted with acrylic paint and some gold cardboard wheels have been placed on them. The locomotive is made from a recycled cardboard tube, also painted and with a hole in one of the egg cups, the shape of the top of the locomotive has been made. With a few pieces of golden cardboard a fireplace was made in a simple way. The wheels are also cut out of silver red cardstock and all the carriages and main machine has been fastened with a ropes so that they go together.