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How to Build a Spaceship With Cardboard Boxes

Cardboard boxes can provide the materials for a young child's space adventure in a universe of imagination. You can build the spaceship with basic items found around the house. The spaceship-building craft project could be for a rainy day or be part of a space-themed birthday party. Build the cardboard ships before the party and let the children add wings, paint and their own personal touches before flying and racing their spaceships around the backyard.

Things You'll Need

Cardboard box measuring 4 feet long, 2 feet high and 2 feet wide.
Masking tape
Scissors
Poster board
White glue
Aluminum foil
Poster paint
Foam paintbrush
Ribbon
Stapler

Instructions

- 1
  Tape the box closed and tape all bent edges of the box for strength.
- 2
  Cut holes in the bottom and top of the long sides of the box big enough for the child to fit through.
- 3
  Cut large triangles from the poster board. Tape them to the sides of the box for wings.
- 4
  Cut a large circle from the poster board with a diameter of 4 feet. Cut through the circle from one edge to the center. Slide the cut edges together and tape them to create a nose cone for the spaceship. Tape the nose cone to the front of the box.
- 5
  Paint the box gray and the wings black. Glue the aluminum foil on the nose cone.
- 6
  Staple two lengths of ribbon to the top edges of the box on either side of the cut-out hole. The ribbons will serve as "suspenders" to hold the spaceship box on the child's shoulders.

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