Tissue Box Guitar Craft

This tissue box guitar craft is a classic that never gets old. Simple and fun to play.

Materials:

• tissue box
• rubber bands
• paper towel roll
• scissors
• tape

Directions:

1. Wrap some rubber bands around an empty tissue box.
2. Cut one inch slits around one end of the paper towel roll and flatten out.
3. Tape the flat end to the end of the box for a handle. Rock on!

Variations:

1. If your box doesn't already have a pretty pattern, decorate the outside with stickers or scraps of paper.
2. For a more professional look, trace the end of the paper towel roll on the end of the box, cut out., and insert the roll for a handle.
3. The simplest guitar of all doesn't need a handle.

Source: Little Learners Lounge

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Tissue Box Catapult Toy Craft

This tissue box catapult toy craft shoots marshmallows.

Materials:

• family-sized tissue box
• scissors
• 2 unsharpened pencils
• rubber bands
• hole punch
• push pin
• pen
• glue dots
• plastic cap(bottle cap or 35mm file case cap)
• tape
• marshmallows 

Directions:

1. Cut the top off a large tissue box as shown.
2. Punch a hole on the side of the box about 2 inches from the end and 1/2 inch from the top of the box. Punch a matching hole on the other side.
3. Use a push pin to make a hole on the opposite end of the box in the center, about 1/4 inch from the bottom. Enlarge the hole slightly with  pen.
4. Cut a rubber band. Tie a small loop in one end. Insert the other end from the inside, through the small hole in the far end of the box. Tie around a short length of pipe cleaner and tape down on the outside of the box. This will be the power of the catapult.
5. Tie 2 pencils into a cross shape with a rubber band.
6. Insert the pencil into the holes on the sides as shown.
7. Attach the plastic cap to the arm of the catapult with glue dots or tape.
8. Loop the rubber band from the bottom around the bottom of the catapult arm.
9. Pull back the arm, insert a marshmallow into the cap and let fly.

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Halloween Tissue Box Monster Craft

Here's a funny monster craft recycled from a tissue box. Great for Earth Day, Halloween, or anytime.

Materials:

• Tissue box
• paints
• currogated cardboard
• scissors
• tape
• popsicle sticks
• craft knife
• foam packaging peanuts
• pipe cleaners
• hole punch

Directions:

1. Remove the plastic from the inside of the tissue box.
2. Paint entire box 1 color. Allow to dry.
3. Paint a big mouth around the opening in a different color. Allow to dry.
4. Cut 2 big circles for eyes and 2 ear shapes from cardboard.
5. Paint the eyes black and the ears another color.
6. Glue packing foam peanuts into the mouth for teeth.
7. Paint 1 foam peanut for a nose and glue on.
8. Glue white bottle tops to the black eyes.
9. Cut pipe cleaners into small lengths and insert into the holes of the cardboard for eyebrows.
10. Insert a popscicke stick between the cardboard of the eyes and ears.
11. Punch a hole in each earlobe and tie a pipe cleanerloop for earings.
12. Cut slits in the top and sides to insert the popsicle sticks for the eyes and ears.

Display your monster at your Halloween party. Fill with snacks, or use it for a toss game.

Full titorial with great pictures from  Plaid Kids Crafts

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Refrigerator Tissue Box Craft

Here's a cool idea to turn an ordinary tissue box into a refrigerator to hold all your origami or toy food.
Materials:

• 3 tissue(Kleenex) boxes
• origami paper or other colorful paper
• scissors
• glue

Directions:

1. On the back of a Kleenex box, cut a 7cm(2.7 inch) flap from the top. Cut it so you can open it like a door.
2. Leave a little space and cut another 7cm flap.
3. Leave  little space again and cut a 7 cm flap from the bottom. Cut this one completely off. It will be the vegetable crisper box.
4. Cut the back off another Kleenex box and fit it inside the first one to make the inside back of the refrigerator.
5. Glue colorful paper all over the outside of the box.
6. Cut 2 6x13.5cm rectangles from another tissue box and use them to make the shelves on the inside. Fold up the ends and glue to the inside of the box.
7. Cut a 7cm box off the end of another tissue box. This will become the crisper drawer. Glue colored paper all over the drawer.
8. Cover another piece of tissue box with colored paper and cut 1x9cm strips and glue them on for the refrigerator handles. You could also just cut a lip in the drawer and pull it out with your finger.
9. To make a tight fitting door, cut 2x6cm strips from a tissue box. Fold in the middle lengthwise and glue the flap to the end of the door opening. (not shown)

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Box Robot Recycle Craft

This is a simple way to make a cool robot from old boxes. It encourages creativity and recycling, too.

Materials:

• paper boxes of all shapes and sizes.
• large square of cardboard
• glue, markers, and any other recycled decorating materials

Directions:

1. Long before craft day, send a note home with students to bring in as many boxes as they can; cereal boxes, snack boxes, film boxes, tissue boxes, soap boxes, crayon boxes, milk cartons, etc.
2. Give each student a large piece of cardboard as a background.
3. Students choose and arrange the boxes into a robot or other design. Then glue against the background. It their creation can stand up, that's fine, too.
4. Decorate and add details to your robots.

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Preschool Tissue Box Shoe Craft

Here's a cute idea for making shoes from two Kleenex(tissue) boxes. Great for a lesson on clothes.

Materials:

• two Kleenex (tissue) boxes
• various colored craft tissue paper
• tissue paper flowers
• other decorations, stars, dazzles, yarn, etc.
• glue

Directions:

1. Make tissue paper flowers like pom poms.
2. Glue on the flowers and other decorations to the tissue boxes.
3. After your finished, the kids put them on their feet and walk around. Have fun.

 

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