Boat made with cardboard. Crafts for children

If you want a homemade toy for your children take advantage of this simple children's craft of a cardboard boat. It is also a recycling craft as it is made with rolls of toilet paper, an egg cup and bottles of yogurt or juice. With this craft for children, the youngest can create their own toys or d

If you want a homemade toy for your children take advantage of this simple children's craft of a cardboard boat. It is also a recycling craft as it is made with rolls of toilet paper, an egg cup and bottles of yogurt or juice.

With this craft for children, the youngest can create their own toys or decorate their room. They can also learn the value of recycling elements as they develop creativity.

Materials

  • 1 egg box (one dozen)
  • 2 rolls of toilet paper
  • 2 plastic bottles (small)
  • Tempera paint
  • Brushes
  • Glue
  • Cotton
  • Scissors

How to make, step by step, a cardboard boat

1. First, cut the front of the lid of the egg cup to recycle.

2. Paint a strip of blue or black, with the tempera, on the toilet paper tubes, which will become the ship's chimneys.

3. Paint clothes and faces on the plastic bottles to make them the two passengers on the boat.

4. When the paints dry, stick the rolls of toilet paper in the holes in the lid of the egg cup and the bottles in the front ones. Paint the egg cup imitating the ship's structure.

5. For ship's chimneys, stick pieces of cotton inside the rolls of toilet paper.

And our craft is already done! Now to play with the children to be the captain of the ship. To enjoy ...