Children need something to play with during their play time. However, it is never a good idea to bring your kids lots of branded toys because they are not only highly expensive but they are quite massive. Moreover, they fail to invoke the creativity in children.
An option that you can go for in this regard is the preparation of cardboard crafts for your kids. You can involve your kids in the process of creating these crafts. Next time, they will be looking for the extra cardboards to prepare the crafts using their mental perceptions. Another advantage to this approach is that you will find a way to reuse the cardboards in your home.
A few of the cardboard crafts for kids are worth mentioning in this regard.
Shoebox Foosball
Foosball is a wonderful game to play. While thinking of this game, you may have a picture of a huge table with a wooden ground on which the ball has to roll and thick iron rods with small plastic players attached to them. However, you can make this foosball with the help of a shoebox, and your children are going to love it.While making it, make sure that you have cut of the sharp edges on the box for the sake of children’s safety.
Cereal box aquarium
No it’s not the real aquarium. However, it is quite adorable for the kids. You can cut the box at one of its wider side to create a window. If possible, make the window detachable to let the children open and close the aquarium.
Wrapping Paper Roll Swords
The leftover wrapping paper is usually of no use for most of the people. But you can make rolls of this wrapping paper in order to make swords. If your children love to paint, you can let them have fun with the swords. It is going to be a great opportunity for your kids to apply and improve their skills in decoration.
Big Box Playhouse
We usually get small and medium-sized cardboard boxes with the items that we purchase. And the matter of fact is that we commonly need these small and medium boxes for home organizing and other tasks which involve reuse of boxes. In this scenario, you may wonder about the right way to use the bigger cardboard boxes. Well, you can reuse those boxes to make something your children would love. I am talking about the big box playhouse. Make sure that you have created sections in the house to teach your kids about ways to organize a home.They will also love to decorate the house in their own way.
Milk Carton Houses
Milk cartons are usually discarded after the milk is consumed. However, you can reuse these boxes to create building-like shapes. Since it’s something your children would love, you can ask your children to draw pictures of windows on the boxes.