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Cardboard roll car craft for kids

Cardboard roll car craft for kids

I’ve been promising a car craft for kids for a while. The F1 season started a few weeks ago and my family have been avidly watching the races. We’ve also been trying to eat a dish from the country the race takes place, which has been a lot of fun! Today I’m sharing our cardboard roll car craft. You can use any kind or cardboard tube for this craft, just cut it to a size approximately 10cm long,

Cardboard roll car craft for kids supplies:

Card
Craft papers
Cardboard roll
Pencil
Ruler
Scissors
Glue
Marker pens
Print out the car craft template

Tissue Paper Roll car Craft

How to make a cardboard roll car craft for kids:

Cut out the pieces for the cardboard roll car using the templates and card.

Take a red coloured craft paper and wrap the cardboard roll with it. Then glue the wrap to secure it.

Cardboard roll car craft for kids

Draw the rectangular on the cardboard roll according to the template.

Tissue Paper Roll car Craft

Cut three sides of the rectangle using a pair of scissors.

Cardboard roll car craft for kids

Glue a blue piece of craft paper on the car’s windshield.

cardboard roll car craft

Glue the red paper strips on the sides of the car.

toilet roll car craft

Glue the stripes on the rear wing.

Cardboard roll car craft for kids

Glue the rear wing on the back of the car.

Cardboard roll car craft for kids

Glue the numbers on the sides of the car.

toilet roll car craft

So far we have made two cardboard roll cars in different colours but you could make as many as you need for the full Formula 1 line up!


Cardboard roll car craft for kids

 

 

 

6 Comments

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    Rhian Westbury
    April 17, 2023 at 11:27 am

    This is such a cute little craft. And a nice easy way to reuse the cardboard from toilet paper haha x

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    Monidipa Dutta
    April 17, 2023 at 12:04 pm

    I love how creative and resourceful this cardboard roll car craft is! It’s great to see such an easy and fun activity for kids that promotes recycling and imaginative play.

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    Karen
    April 17, 2023 at 2:37 pm

    oh wow! I love doing DIYs with my kids, this is so much fun. We will do this for sure.

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    Laura
    April 17, 2023 at 2:56 pm

    We have done this craft before with the kids. It is lots of fun and educational.

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    Rosey
    April 18, 2023 at 2:38 am

    well that’s a fun craft to make. I may do these (will probably do these) when my grandbabes come to visit.

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