Hobbies And Interests
Classic Castle
Make a classic castle using a large cardboard appliance box. Cut out alternating square shapes along the top to create a sawtooth effect. Cut out arched windows, keeping the cardboard cut-outs attached to the box for shutters. Draw vines and flowers up the sides of the "castle" with magic markers or crayons. Cut out the top and sides of a large rectangle on one side of the box for a door. Keep the bottom of the rectangle attached to the box. Run string or rope through each end of the flap and top of the doorway, knotting the string at the ends, to make a drawbridge that can be pulled up. To make a fortress tower, replace windows with narrow, vertical slits for arrow loops.
Space Ship
Get ready for lift off after making a flying saucer out of a cardboard box. Compress a large cardboard box into an oval shape. Make sure the end flaps are on the outside. Round off the corners of the flaps with scissors, and tape together with duct tape. Cut a round doorway in one side of the "UFO." Draw control panel instruments around the inside. Make portholes for "viewing" space by drawing dark circles on the inside, and then fill them in with stars, moons and planets. Add to the spacey effect by gluing aluminum foil onto the outside and inside of the cardboard craft. Attach stringed mini-lights to the widest part of the oval and set them to a circulating pattern.
Silver Submarine
Discover the seven seas with a submarine made out of a refrigerator box. Crush the edges of the box and form into a long circular shape. Wrap the outer circumference of the circle in several places with duct tape. Tape the flaps of one end together to form a nose. Tape the flaps of the opposite end together close to the body of the box, and leave the flaps free to simulate a propeller. Apply aluminum foil to the entire surface. Cut out circles in the aluminum along the sides to make portholes and color the inside of the circles blue. Draw circles along the sides of the interior, color the circles light blue and add fish and other sea creatures for interest. Draw instrument panels around the inside.
Crystal Cave
Make a dragon's lair or creepy cave by gently crushing a box to make jagged protrusions and deep dents in the sides. Tape one end of the box together and leave the other end open for an entrance. Poke holes all around the box and push red or green holiday lights through the holes to simulate glowing crystals. Make "treasure" by creating crowns, coins and other valuables out of cardboard, and then spray paint them gold.