15 Toys You Can Make with Cardboard

Lauren Hufnagl
Lauren Hufnagl
Lauren is a writer, DIYer, and Etsy addict living with her family in her tiny work-in-progress home in Pennsylvania. When not blogging, she can usually be found chasing around one very spirited little three-year-old and snuggling her new baby girl.
updated Feb 28, 2020
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I don’t know about you, but my daughter and I start to go a little stir crazy at this time of year. We try to get out as much as possible, but sometimes with these short, cold days we can’t be out for long. I’ve been keeping my eye out for inexpensive do-it-yourself ways to have a little fun indoors. Here are some fun and budget-friendly cardboard creations that are sure to keep your little ones entertained during those final weeks of Winter:

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Row One:
1. Coffee Shop: 45Wall Design
2. DIY Cardboard Playhouse via Apartment Therapy
3. Cardboard Creature: Space Tribe Candy on Etsy
4. Cardboard Animals: Milimbo
5. Shadow Puppets: Classic Play

Row Two:
6. Cardboard Washing Machine: Estefi Machado
7. Pizza Box Easel: Makedo
8. DIY Cardboard Playhouses: A Beautiful Mess
9. DIY Cardboard Dollhouse: Scandinavian Deko
10. Cardboard City: Camilla Engman

Row Three:
11. Cardboard Castle: Ann Wood
12. Cardboard Castle: Time of the Aquarius
13. Cardboard Gas Pump DIY: CraigsListDad
14. DIY Cardboard Doll Bed: Ambrosia Creative
15. Mailbox DIY: Ikat Bag

MORE CARDBOARD PROJECTS ON APARTMENT THERAPY
• Toys You Can Make with Cardboard
• Cardboard Box Crafting Inspiration

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