Are you looking for some new and exciting crafts to do with your kids? Well, look no further! Here are 25 of the best cardboard crafts for kids.
Cardboard is a great material to use for crafting, and it’s perfect for kids. It’s inexpensive, versatile, and durable.
Plus, there are so many different things you can create with it. So get ready to have some fun!
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Cardboard Crafts For Kids
Looking for something fun and cheap to do with the kids? Check out these 25 awesome cardboard crafts! They're all easy to make and perfect for a rainy day. So get your crafting supplies ready and let's get started!
Kids love to build a fort. What better way to make the kids happy than using some of those boxes lying around waiting to be recycled. Even the youngest kids can help with this fun craft.
Making this skee ball game is a great craft that the whole family can enjoy. Crafting it together and then actually being able to play on it. How much fun would that be?
Most little girls love dressing up as a princess. They will love creating this castle trinket box. They will be able to hide their little trinkets in all the different hidden compartments. This is sure to be a favorite craft.
Even your older kids will get a kick out of this bigfoot cardboard craft. After the big feet are crafted the games can begin. Tag, running races, red light green light 123. The ideas are endless.
These Christmas decorations are so pretty. You can create them by saving your empty cereal boxes. Kids will love helping you put the glitter on these.
All kids love playing with hot wheel cars. This is such a cute craft to make with them. A garage for all the cars. Made out of cardboard boxes. This is a fun craft to make and a fun toy to play with best of all it won't break the bank.
This is a terrific craft to get involved in on a snow day or a rainy day. The kids will love helping make these doll houses. After the house is created out of cardboard, they can use their imagination to decorate the different rooms.
This is a great idea for a homemade Halloween costume or even to make just for fun. Using large cardboard boxes. I love it when you can reuse those big boxes. So much fun.
This is so cool. A play kitchen made out of cardboard. This is a great idea if your space is small, and you can't fit a little kitchen for the kids to play with. These crafts are also great because they don't cost a lot of money and we all know how fast kids grow out of their toys.
Easter is coming up and this craft will be perfect to make with your kids. This will be so much fun to play with hopefully outside if the weather is nice, if not you can still play with this craft inside.
Most kids are obsessed with outer space and for very good reason. With this adorable cardboard craft, they can blast off to the moon on their next imaginary adventure.
These carboard house picture frames are adorable. What a fun craft to make with the kids and put pictures of everyday things that happen in the home. How cute.
This craft will be so much fun with your kids. This one will be good for all ages. They can make the trucks as detailed as they want. How cool, makes me want to find a food truck and get some food.
These cardboard pirate ships are so cool. What a great way to get the kids interested in a craft that they can play with afterward. They can use their little lego people on the pirate ship when they are done.
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This craft is perfect to use up those huge cardboard boxes that you're holding onto. This is such a cool idea, that your children can play with.
This is a super easy craft to make with the kids. Kids love to use their imagination and what better way than to craft these dragon shields. This will keep the kids playing for hours.
This is a simple car wash craft activity for you and your little ones to create. They can use their matchbox cars or legos once they are done making the craft.
What a cute idea making a cardboard television out of boxes. The kids can put on their own shows. This can keep them entertained for a while and get them to take a break from the real television.
This craft is easy, the kids will love to help make these and the birds will love to eat the seeds you put out for them. This craft is a win-win.
Kids love to draw and color in notebooks. This is such a great idea to have them create their own book.
This is such a cute idea. We all have pictures lying around with no picture frame. This is a great way to recycle your cardboard boxes into picture frames. With the kids drawing on them they will be one of a kind.
These are adorable to make with empty tissue boxes. The kids will love making these and then saving their change into something they created. Great idea.
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You can make anything with an empty cardboard box. This craft will be so much fun for the kids. They love putting things into envelopes, this time they get to create their own envelope.
What a fun way to make your own pinata out of an empty cereal box. This is a great way to save money and recycle.
Summertime is a great time for adventures. This is a great way to kick off the summer with these cardboard fort ideas. Your older kids can help you construct the fort while your little ones can help you paint and decorate it.
