It is not a myth. Buy a child a huge and very expensive toy and you will see what happens. Sooner rather than later he will play more with the box than with what came inside. Whatever the reason, cardboard boxes children are passionate about it. What do you think of the idea of making a homemade toy elevator with a cardboard box?
Besides being a lot of fun and stimulating your imagination, with this toy elevator children they will learn basic concepts numerical, such as the name of numbers and the order and spatial concepts, such as inside and outside, up and down, forward and backward Of course, it will be a very fun way to explain how an elevator works and what it is for.
Materials to make a toy elevator
To make this toy elevator, you will basically need a large cardboard box with four flaps.
To decorate it you will need stickers and / or cardboard, glue, a bookbinder, scissors or cutter and a marker.
How to make a toy elevator out of a cardboard box
Step 1
- Place the box vertically.
- Cut the bottom flap and set it aside. You will need it.
- Put the top flap up and cut it into a semicircle. Reserve the remains.
Step 2
- Decorate the large lapels. It will be the doors. To do this, mark the frame with the marker.
- With a piece of cardboard left over from the top flap, cut a rectangle and decorate it as if they were call buttons, indicating up and down or, in English, as it usually appears, up and down.
Step 3
- With the bottom flap cut out, make a panel with the floor numbers. Don't forget the garages. You can also include the mezzanine.
- Paste the panel inside the elevator where you like the most
Step 4
- Decorate the top flap with the floor numbers (the same ones you used on the panel).
- Cut a piece of the excess that you cut on that same flap in step # 1 and make an arrow. Secure it in the center with a binding so that it can rotate.
Clever! Your cardboard box toy elevator is ready.
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