Search results
Jul 14, 2017 · How to Make the Cardboard Train. Supplies: two large rectangular prism shaped packing boxes (just don’t get cubes!) – I got mine from Home Depot. black duct tape. black and white acrylic craft paint. yellow construction paper. scissors. Optional: a wooden letter of your child’s first or last initial with red acrylic paint. Construction:
Apr 5, 2016 · Make a Cardboard Box Train. Here is a simple project that you can do with your kid. It involves painting large cardboard boxes with their tops folded in a bright shade of red. White paper plates serve as the wheels. The boxes are threaded together with yarn. Great goods train to house the toys of your little one! Cardboard Box Train.
Box Train made from Cardboard Boxes. Crafts Toddlers Preschoolers Cardboard Box. Indoor Activities. Vehicles. A box train got made over the holidays with all the packaging and cardboard boxes! It made for some seriously fun indoor toddler play. This year I did almost all (probably 98%!) of my Christmas shopping online, so boxes were in plenty ...
Make a long cardboard strip. Put a push pin on one side and make a hole on the opposite end big enough to poke a marker through. Stick the push pin in the center of the cardboard and move the marker around to make the circle. Paint the train with latex house paint. I thought about spray paint but that gets really expensive because of the size.
- Step 1- Make The Train Body
- Step 2- Cut Wheels
- Step 3- Hot Glue Train
- Step 4- Create The Smoke Stack
- Step 5- Spray Paint
- Step 6- Add Details and Straps
First, use the XACTO knife to cut a square in the bottom of your diaper box. It doesn’t have to be perfect, just make sure that your kiddo can fit inside of the box.
Next, use a pencil and a kitchen plate or bowl to trace 6 circles on a flat pieces of cardboard. These circles will get spray painted black to be train wheels. I used the XACTO knife and a kitchen cutting board to cut these out. Depending on the thickness of the cardboard, scissors might work too.
Now, it’s time to form the train. Heat up the hot glue gun and get ready for business. Here’s the basic train set up. I’ve made a few trains over the years and I really like how I did the train wheels on this cardboard box train.
The picture above does not show how to make the smokestack. This is probably my son’s favorite part, so don’t skip it! I have an inkling your kiddo will love it too. Before you hot glue the plastic cup to the front end of the cardboard box, poke a small hole in the top of the cup with the XACTO knife, then fill the cup with batting or cotton balls....
Once you get the train hot glued together, it’s time for the paint job. I started by spray painting the side of the box gold since I knew I wanted the words “Polar Express” to be gold and I had black letters on hand. Basically, I used the vinyl letters as stencils. Worked like a charm and fun to know that you can make the letters any color you want...
The last step is add straps and details to the cardboard box train. Hot glue ribbon or straps from a reusable bag to fit over the conductors shoulders. Then, add the silver wheel details with the paint pen. Lastly, dress the little conductor up in overalls and train accessories like a hat, red bandana, train whistle and the Polar Express is ready t...
People also ask
How do you make a toy train from a cardboard box?
How do you make a cardboard train?
How do you make a box train for a child?
Did you make a box train over the holidays?
May 6, 2020 · Entertain the kids with a 2 in 1 cardboard playhouse! How to make a DIY train & rocket ship out of one cardboard box! Cheap kid's activity!
Feb 27, 2017 · (1) Decide how you would like your train to appear. A good rule of thumb for the engine is to have a square-ish box for the cab and a long, shorter box for the boiler. As for the other train cars, take a peak at some pictures of real trains and see what you can do with what you have (windows, doors, openings, etc).
