36+ Best Cardboard Crafts & Activities For Kids In 2026

Days Of The Week Craft

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If you have young kids that are still learning the days of the week, then this project is right up your alley. You can put the days of the week on a cardboard chart and have your kiddos move a sign that points to the current day. It’s fun and educational at the same time!

Hot Glue Cardboard Stamp Activity

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All kids love playdough because they can make just about anything from it. This DIY project shows you how to make dough even more fun with some cardboard stampers you can make at home. You can even teach them about shapes and colors with this craft!

Cardboard Drawing Craft For Kids

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Help your kids learn how to trace lines with this cute cardboard activity. It’s easy to do, interesting, and it has a cute little spider weaving a web. Can it get any more fun than this?

Easy Sorting Game With Shoe Box

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Create a color-sorting activity out of a cardboard box. It’ll help your kids learn the colors and develop their motor skills because they have to pick and sort all the colors in different parts of the box. How useful!

Fun Dinosaur Foot Print Craft

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Dinosaur slippers? Such a neat idea! Cut some dinosaur feet out of cardboard, put on a piece of elastic, and have your kiddos wear them. If you have a sandbox out in the backyard, these are super fun to let them walk around in and check out the footsteps!

Matching Game With Cardboard Box

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Create a neat matching activity for your youngest like this one! It’s easy and incredibly useful if they are learning how to match or count. So, grab that cardboard box, draw some shapes, write some numbers, and you’re done!

Tissue Box Monsters

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If you have some leftover tissue boxes that you don’t know what to do with, this is the solution for you. With this tutorial, you will be able to create a cardboard tissue box monster. Your little ones can design it and decorate it themselves. They can even choose the monster!

Magnetic Pac Man Game

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Another science project? Why not?! This tutorial shows you how to create a magnetic Pac-Man game out of a cardboard box. You can find all the supplies you need around the house and it will help you fill those afternoons. Grab your supplies and let’s get down to work!

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