Crafts from cardboard boxes of tea, juice and milk, shoes - interesting master classes, photo ideas and tips

Children's toys from boxes

Every mom wants her baby to grow up happy and cheerful. There is not always enough money to buy an expensive toy. Why not do it to parents for their kids. The gift will be happy for any child. Even better if you do it together!

Use the big boxes to make a

1. A castle with turrets, semi-circular windows, and flags. Decorate with curtains. You can use boxes from TV, washing machine, fridge. To create such creations, you need preliminary drawings or sketches. It's good when Dad is a craftsman, and the son helps in the work.
2. House with a roof, door, rectangular windows, where children can play, rest and even sleep. Before you implement the idea, everything should be thought out, measured, make a drawing and only then implement the idea.
3. Large TV, washing machine, refrigerator to make the girls play and feel like hostesses.
4. A house for a pet cat or dog.
5. Rocket, airplane, car, tractor, which will be more interesting than the ones you bought in the store. Here you need to think and put your hand in the hands of a craftsman. The finished masterpiece will cause the envy of others!

Of course, it is realistic to make large toys in a spacious apartment or house.

From boxes of cereal, candy.

1. Camera and use it to make a photo.
2. A Christmas tree with Christmas decorations.
3. A small toy house for dolls.
4. A zoo of animals with a stand so they don't fall down.
5. Dolls with clothes (dresses, pants, jackets cut out separately) and kids can dress up these dolls.
6. Dolls, animals with moving arms and legs - puppets. How to make them, you can look at the Internet.
7. Colorful cubes for ingenious children's constructions.
8. Colorful alphabet and numbers for learning to read and write.
9. Counting material (fish, apples, squares, etc.)
10. Bookmarks for books.
11. Volumetric toys (turtle, owl, etc.)
12. Wall panels.
13. Glasses for pencils and pens.
14. House for pets.

Handicrafts from corrugated cardboard

As you know, the boxes that have a corrugated layer are used for packaging techniques, and it is good to use for creativity. Such crafts have their own twist. They are not simple, but have their own charm. To work with such material you need to have sharp scissors, glue PVA - Lux, a knife and do everything neatly at once.

Corrugated cardboard is good for the manufacture of

1. Volumetric toys - souvenirs in the technique of quilling. This can be turtles, snowmen, and so on. Figures are made from strips and glued quality glue.
2. Decorative pots for indoor flowers, where in the middle is inserted the usual dishes with the plant.
3. Chandeliers.
4. Frames for photos
5. Exclusive panels on various themes.
6. Coasters for dishes.
7. Rugs for foot massage.

Handcrafts from the boxes of tea

It is great if all family members love tea at home. Collect a lot of these boxes and you can make:

1. Organizer for children's clothes, gluing paper for wallpaper on top.
2. An interesting surprise for New Year: a Christmas tree from the tea boxes, and in each a small gift for all members of the family. Boxes should be wrapped with green paper or self-adhesive, decorated with toys, rain.
3. Figurines of people and animals for the production of fairy tales. Cut out a stand from a box and glue a picture of an animal or person to the front of the stand. You can draw and cut it out yourself.
4. A box for beads and other feminine trifles. The middle of the box is lined with fabric. Fasten it with a stapler. Glue the top with corrugated cardboard or self-adhesive wallpaper and you have an original box that can be presented as a gift on March 8.
5. A coaster for charging the phone.
6. A coaster for napkins from the box where the tea bags were.

Crafts from juice and milk cartons

Such bags in the house can be a lot, especially if there are children. Usually they are the same shape if you buy goods from the same manufacturer. For creativity, this is a great material also because the boxes have the property not to get wet, so you can masters:

1. A vase for flowers. The surface is covered with putty, let it dry. Still use the technique of decoupage.
2. Coaster for pencils and pens.
3. Container for growing seedlings. Drill a hole in the bottom so water doesn't stagnate.
4. A pot to pickle meat in the field.
5. A bird feeder for winter. Cut holes in the sides, and feed is poured.
6. Small houses for children to play with.
7. Different cars, train carriages, boats to play with water.
8. Handbags and purses for little fashionistas. On top of the design use rhinestones, beads.
9. Ice fortress from ice bars that are frozen in bags. The container should be cut open, remove the ice and stack the pieces to form a wall, then pour water over it. In a hard frost, it becomes sturdy.

Products from shoe boxes

In every home there are boxes of new shoes. So as not to throw them away, we use them in a useful way, decorating them with flowers and other things.

1. Stash for gadgets. Such boxes are moderately sturdy and they should have extra holes for cords. You can store headphones, chargers, so you don't have to look around the house for them.
2. A costume jewelry stand with nails. Chains and beads will not get tangled in such a stand, attached to the wall or nightstand in an upright position.
3. Creativity box. The box can store threads for knitting or sewing, embroidery items. In general, everything for your hobby.
4. A cosmetic bag for women. It can store creams, cosmetics or perfume bottles. Beautifully decorated and can even be used as a gift.
5. Shoe rack. Take equal-sized boxes, staple them together with glue, stapler or stitch them together. Decorate the sides of such an improvised bedside table and cut holes in the front. Here you can stack dry clean shoes.
6. Store spices in the kitchen. Stack peppers, turmeric, dried herbs, and more here.
7. A multi-storey filing cabinet made of identical boxes, long enough. It allows you to sort document folders.
8. Bookshelf for books, where you can take boxes of different sizes. There is no limit to the imagination for the design of such a product.
9. Podvazonnik for room flowers, where several pots will fit, to decorate use the technique of decoupage.
10. Children's toys from a shoe box are very interesting:
    1. Garage for cars, it is enough to make holes - races;
    2. Stroller for dolls, you can attach the wheels from an old car or cut out of cardboard;
    3. A toy house;
    4. A party mask;
    5. A toy bag with handles attached on both sides.

The field of human imagination is wide. To make the toys look neat and beautiful, the knife and scissors must be sharp, but proceed with caution. Do not hope that you can then tinker with sandpaper or a damp cloth. Let the creative process bring joy to you and the children.

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