I tackled a fun little project last night with my son Patrick to create a garage like structure for his "matchbox" cars out of cardboard. I got the idea from Pinterest in a series of photos that showed many different projects for kids all made of cardboard. Some were more ambitious than others, so I decided to start with one that looked relativity easy. We grabbed one of the many shipping boxes I had lying around. I think the original pictures used an old shoe box, ours was of similar size.
As we started construction, I realized we may need a little more material, so rather than cut up more of my shipping boxes, I saw some foam core board I had in my overly large pile of crafting supplies. We switched over and it worked great! I think it would also be a possible alternative material to cardboard for many of the other projects. Another bonus is that it it fairly inexpensive, I got mine at the Dollar Store. I would maybe even prefer it to cardboard because of all the possibilities of detail you can add to your project, as it is white, or just let you kids go crazy coloring it.
Our project turned out quite good if I do say so myself. We spent a total of 30 minutes on it and it was a lot of fun! Now my son is only 3&1/2 so I did most of the construction and all of the cutting myself, (be careful with you Xact-o knife) , but he still had a blast!
1 small to medium cardboard box (think shoe box size)
1/4 sheet of foam core from the Dollar Store
1 Small crafting razor knife/Xacto knife
Basic crafting all-purpose Tacky Glue (Elmer's would
work also)
Sharpie Markers (Black, Red, Blue)
All in all I would say it was a Pinterest success! And would recommend trying this or something like it for anyone with kids. Patrick's endorsement, "It was AWESOME!"
Here is the link for the original inspiration from pinterest: http://boysgerms.com.au/2012/04/25-ideas-for-a-cardboard-box/
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