Monday, 15 April 2013

Top five creative uses of cardboard boxes


While you come across a lot of cardboard boxes in your basement; numerous ideas jumped across your mind. Instead of getting rid of them to have an adequate space, cardboard boxes can be used for showcasing your creative ability and artistic skills. Kids love to play with cardboard accessories and you can make the maximum usage of the boxes instead of just throwing them away. The boxes which we generally use for storing and transporting stuff can be interesting playing tools for the kids. They love to mount on these boxes. Larger boxes can be turned in to any automobile like a car or boat. Children have a very strong imagination and they love to have their own cars. Because the large cardboard boxes are capacious you can craft them into amazing cars and boats for your kids. The fairy tales always have enchanted means of transportation and when you are a mother your children always keep on reminding you of their favorite magic carpets, cars or the prince’s boat so make use of the kids’ thoughts and your creativity  and turn a huge cardboard boxes into the favorite vehicle of your kid.

Baby girls are very fond of all kinds of dolls. The Barbie dolls are the most favorite ones because of their glamorous clothes and accessories. Doll houses are very popular with the girls because they have to put all their dolls’ possessions in them. Carving a doll house from a cardboard box is an inventive idea. The beds, kitchen utensils, the floor can be made from reusable items and your girl can have the most perfect dollhouse for her Barbie. 



You can use paint and vibrant textile to create a cardboard city or village for your kids. If you are good at drawing and painting the houses, trees, grocery stores, post offices and all other buildings and landscapes can be painted to give your city or village a vivid look.


Make your imaginations work more flamboyantly and come up with a skateboard design. Cardboard boxes can be used as skateboards. However this can be a playful activity for kids who are above 4 years of age. You can also make an interesting shape sorter out of your cardboard box. The shapes can be easily drawn with the ruler and compass. The various exciting shapes can be cut and made colorful with markers and paints. This can be an extremely mind boggling activity for your kids. 


The scenery backgrounds and forts can be drawn on the cardboard boxes to make them look pleasing and invigorating. You can use a natural theme to paint your cardboard box and place it on a site where it gives a refreshing effect to the eyes.
As the foremost utility of cardboard boxes is stored; so you can fiddle with the colors, fabrics and ribbons to make your boxes look garishly amazing. The cardboard stock is a flexible material that can be molded into various stupendous shapes. So open up your mind and craft a marvelous piece of art out of your cardboard box!