Recycled Cardboard Crafts

  • Rosh HaShana Apple, Pomegranite And Carrot Yarn Craft For All Ages

    Rosh HaShana Apple, Pomegranite And Carrot Yarn Craft For All Ages

    There is something about gluing yarn onto recycled cardboard shapes that is just so much fun, and with great results. So with Rosh Hashana just around the corner, time is of the essence, and this is one craft that is great for all ages, and teh results can then be hung in the succah as…

  • Guitar Themed Party Centerpiece Is Perfect For Dessert Bar Or Buffet

    Guitar Themed Party Centerpiece Is Perfect For Dessert Bar Or Buffet

    For my son’s guitar themed birthday party I spent quite a few hours making cardboard guitars, though I really had no concrete idea how I’d use them! The great thing about not planning ahead when it comes to making party decorations is that A} you save money as you use what you have on hand…

  • Simple Recycled Cardboard Guitar Makes A Fun Addition To Any Party!

    Simple Recycled Cardboard Guitar Makes A Fun Addition To Any Party!

    For my son’s recent guitar themed birthday party I didn’t have much of a plan, but I did want to decorate with as many cardboard guitars as i could possibly make in one day, and i just love how these turned out. Simple enough so that you can whip up a bunch, but at the…

  • Floating Musical Notes Party Decor With Faux Helium Balloons

    Floating Musical Notes Party Decor With Faux Helium Balloons

    Here’s an idea I came up with last night (for my son’s guitar themed birthday party) that is soooooo simple and looks amazing, plus you’ll be able to plan ahead and do an even better job than I did! And by the way, since Shavuot is in just four days, replace the notes with hebrew…

  • Recycled Pizza Box Top Robots For Purim

    The Jewish holiday of Purim starts this coming Saturday night (Sunday night for those living in Jerusalem proper) so lets turn up the heat and get crafting! These cute pizza box top robot clowns are just one idea to get you inspired. For starters, take a look around the house and use what you have…

  • Vegetable Store Playtime Using Cutouts From Cardboard Crates!

    Vegetable Store Playtime Using Cutouts From Cardboard Crates!

    I was the girl who once had a collection of California fruit crate ends (with gorgeous vintage labels) hanging on her kitchen wall in San Francisco (one of my first upcyclling projects that required tearing apart wooden crates on the street, oh my!) so I had to laugh when I found myself eyeing the cardboard…

  • Painting Flowers On Cardboard Scraps, Fun For BOYS!

    Painting Flowers On Cardboard Scraps, Fun For BOYS!

    Sometimes the simplest of art projects can have some of the greatest results — like these wonderful flowers that my group of boys painted at Crafting A Future as a part of a project for the holiday of Shavuot. Truthfully, I had so many kid crafted flowers to share, that I decide to hang on…

  • Kid’s Craft For Passover: Fun Pop Art Inspired Signs From Recycled Boxes!

    Translation of Hebrew: Floor Shampoo (top) Cleaned For Passover (bottom) Pop art inspired signs made from kid friendly gouche and corrugated cardboard are the perfect Passover craft to keep the kids busy right about now! Kids love making signs, which are especially useful during the process of getting the house ready for Passover, as they…

  • Tissue Paper Collage Clown Craft For Purim!

    This week’s art lessons for kids was all about tissue paper collage. For five plus hours there were previously art deprived kids at my long dining room table creating all kinds of projects using tissue paper and watered-down glue for the first time in their lives! A great feeling and something I hope to do…

  • Make A Mask For Purim From A Round Piece Of Cardboard

    This week at Crafting A Future, after my 1st and 2nd grade students made clowns and cats and buterflies and fish with woven paper bodies, I gave the 4th-6th grade group the challenge of making a decorative mask for Purim, starting with a round piece of cardboard, which is actually half of a recycled frozen…

  • Weaving Paper Strips And Making Decorations For Purim

    Yesterday at Crafting A Future I welcomed several groups of girls and a group of boys into my home for some more art lessons, and we had a great time! With the 1st , 2nd and 3rd grade girls we made woven elipses from recycled cardboard, and then turned those into fish, (for the month…

  • Kids Drawing Craft: What’s Inside Your House?

    I just love the sweet results of this simple drawing craft that gets kids to think about what one might see in the windows of their home or apartment building. This idea came about because a neighbor of mine is the principal at a local nursery school/kindergarten and had a bunch of packaging that had…