{JM – 6 yrs.} has been a very busy boy in the past few weeks. If you were following our blog here back in March, you may have caught the post titled Fly Him To The Moon, which was about a solar system {JM} made, and about how he is ALWAYS. MAKING. SOMETHING. He is literally his own toy maker, with an imagination running wild. We’re sharing some of his latest cardboard creations, and if you show your kids, maybe they’ll be inspired to recreate some of these, or come up with some ideas of their own!
An I-Pod
This has got to be one of my all time favorites of his creations. I’m a music freak. He has SUCH a great imagination, that he has spent quite a bit of time, listening to his imaginary i-pod! He has GREAT taste in music too. He loaded his favorite songs. Check out his play list:
In case you can’t read the songs, here they are:
- Turkey in the Straw
- Butterfly
- Live Out Loud
- Alleluia
- Better Is One Day
- Blessed Be Your Name
Materials around the house he used:
- cardboard
- paper
- string
- tape
- marker and pen
(The ear pieces were made of balls of paper and tape. Sounds comfy, huh? But he didn’t mind it!)
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A Dog named Cooper, His Dog-House, and His Owner’s House
Materials Used:
- Owner’s House: a cereal box, paints
- Dog-House: cardboard, spray paint, marker and tape
- Cooper: egg carton (one of the separating peeks inside), marker and a paper tail
- Cooper’s Bowl: cardboard, marker and a white crayon for his bone
I thought his bowl was the cutest thing!
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A Leprechaun Trap
(He saw this one in a Family Fun Magazine)
Materials Used:
- cardboard
- tape
- markers
- cotton balls
- animal cracker box (under the cotton balls)
- wire clothes hangar
- string
- a wood dowel, painted white
- A Readi-Whip cap (for the bucket)
- rocks
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An Elephant Bank
Materials Used:
- Iced Tea Bottle
- cardboard
- paper towel tube
- paint and markers
- tape
- White-Out (for eyes)
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An Umbrella
Materials Used:
- several pieces of paper
- tape
- crayons
- straws
- paper towel tube
- PVC drain trap
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*Keys
Materials Used:
- cardboard
- markers
- paper clip
- Dicks Sporting Goods rewards card
*I have to say, as a Mama who would love for her babies to stay little forever, this is one creation that had me taking a few deep breathes. Thank goodness these keys are only pretend for now. I’d miss him terribly!
Have any of your kids made a crazy craft with things around the house? We’d love to hear about it! It may just come in handy on the next rainy day!
Laura,I’m so impressed with your son’s artistry! He is so talented. I love your blog and of course I love the pics! I can’t wait until Josh and Jurnee start making crafts.
He is amazing!! T is always coming up with new uses for things like oatmeal containers, yogurt cups, boxes, etc. too but nothing as detailed as those! We are currently working on a complete zoo that L is way into too. They are painting the insides of lots of smaller boxes to make cages and pools for their small amimal sets and we’ll set them all up eventually on a large cardboard box after we go to the zoo and have a map to help with the layout and paths. There’s an idea for another project! 🙂
Wow. I wonder what he’ll invent when he’s older? He’ll be such a handy guy to have around! Want to plan an arranged marriage? My 5 year old’s available. Ha ha ha. I’m joking, of course! But he’s smart, creative, a handy-man, and cute too!! He’ll be a prize husband one day. Unless he becomes a priest. 😉 We need smart, creative, handy priest too.
Y’all are SO creative!! My two year old was looking over my shoulder and said, “Look, Mommy, elephant!”
I love the May Day baskets too! Those would be great for the nursing home 🙂
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Your pictures are beautiful! I love your creative son’s projects! That ipod and song list is fantastic!
We once had a dog named Cooper. I named him after Gary Cooper.