How to Make Cardboard Castles for Kids

Now that school is out for the long vacation, we are in full play and learn at will mode.

So, I’m trying to make at least one craft a day with the kids. Nothing serious, just us having fun.

Here is a tutorial if you’d like to make your own cardboard castles.

What you’ll need

Empty box or any thick paper packaging (we cut ours from an air conditioner box)

Empty rolls of toilet/kitchen tissue. Or empty rolls from a cling film or kitchen foil.

Scissors/Exacto knife/blade/kitchen knife

Cello tape

Paint

Paint brushes

Steps

Cut 4 pieces of cardboard and 4 pieces of the tissue roll. Your tissue rolls should be taller than the cardboard pieces. Make half an inch marks on all the cut pieces and cut them out like in the picture above.

Secure all four edges of the cardboard together with a cello tape to form a square.

Cut the tissue rolls from the bottom (at 12 and 9’o clock) up to the level of your castle

Insert tissue rolls to castle edges using the space you cut

Your cardboard castle is ready. Cut a door space at the front. Paint if you feel like it.

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