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Cardboard Box Crafts with Project Recycle & Create

January 4, 2014 by OneMommy

 

When it comes to crafting with kids, sometimes the recyclables box can be your best friend.  Over the years we’ve had lots of fun crafting with recyclables.

I’m excited to be a part of a group of talented bloggers working on a collaborative series all about creating with recyclables.  Each month we’ll be focusing on a different material, starting with cardboard boxes in January.

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I think cardboard boxes are one of my favorite materials to use when it comes to crafting.  They are just so versatile!

 

One of my son’s favorite crafts using a cardboard box was the ice cream truck he created for the letter I.project recycle and craft

The stuffed dolphin in the picture drives the truck around at least twice a week.  I think its been used as a makeshift ambulance as well.  When we created the truck, I never knew it would be such a hit!

 

When the kids were younger and we needed a way to keep the kids in their play area in the basement, I used some large cardboard boxes to make interactive walls for them.

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They don’t use the spinning backpack wheel or try to do the mazes anymore, but are walls are still there!  Much cheaper than building real walls, and easy to change/take down when needed.

 

But my favorite thing to do with a cardboard box is just to hand it over to the kids!

With a little tape, some markers or crayons, and a bunch of creativity, you just never know what they will come up with!  project recycle & create

 

 

 

Filed Under: Kids Crafts Tagged With: cardboard box craft, recycled craft

Comments

  1. Chris Carter says

    January 5, 2014 at 11:07 pm

    My kids will STILL build forts with empty boxes!! Not a ‘craft’, but entirely worth saving the boxes!!! And hey- it entertains the kids for HOURS!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    • OneMommy says

      January 7, 2014 at 9:45 pm

      I should really just get all the big boxes together for them to build a fort. Never thought of it! I bet they’d have a blast! And, it would beat them using my kitchen table for the fort all the time….

  2. Leslie says

    January 6, 2014 at 10:26 pm

    ๐Ÿ˜‰ I love cardboard crafts. Thanks for showcasing them!

    • OneMommy says

      January 7, 2014 at 9:47 pm

      They really are so versatile, aren’t they? ๐Ÿ™‚

  3. OneMommy says

    January 7, 2014 at 9:35 pm

    Definitely will help them when they are older! So many toys now a days take the imagination out of play!

  4. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    January 11, 2014 at 1:32 pm

    I love the wall idea – and so easy to decorate and then change when they start getting bored with it! Thanks for participating in the cardboard challenge this month ๐Ÿ™‚

    • OneMommy says

      January 16, 2014 at 12:43 pm

      Being able to easily change it is definitely one of the things I love about our play area!

  5. Jill says

    January 11, 2014 at 9:43 pm

    i agree cardboard is one of the best craft for kids materials. It is versatile and easy to obtain at no cost. I love seeing what kids can create based upon their imaginations.

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

    • OneMommy says

      January 12, 2014 at 9:24 pm

      Nothing like good old cardboard! ๐Ÿ™‚

  6. Crystal @ Crystal's Tiny Treasures says

    January 12, 2014 at 7:43 am

    I love cardboard boxes, I wish we had a basement for them. I’ll be featuring you this week on Mom’s Library at Crystal’s Tiny Treasures.
    BTW, I like your spam protection-great for me to have my son do ๐Ÿ™‚

    • OneMommy says

      January 12, 2014 at 9:17 pm

      Yes, we are blessed with a basement where I store the larger boxes that I know will one day come in handy.

      Thanks so much for featuring the post! ๐Ÿ™‚

  7. Makeovers & Motherhood says

    January 15, 2014 at 2:32 am

    We are all about recycling and have had lots of cardboard box fun at our house, but nothing is as cool as that airplane! Awesome! Thanks for sharing on the Makeovers & Motherhood Welcome Party Wednesday! I will be featuring this post today!

    • OneMommy says

      January 20, 2014 at 5:36 pm

      Thank you! Totally the kids idea on that one!

  8. Donna DM Yates says

    January 17, 2014 at 10:42 am

    That ice cream truck is way cute!

    • OneMommy says

      January 20, 2014 at 5:30 pm

      I have to admit, I’m kind of sweet on it myself — it’s still chugging around the house months later!

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