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Crafts6–8 years30 minutes
Cardboard creature builder
Combine clean recycled shapes into a friendly new creature, give it one useful feature and tell the story of where it lives.
What to do
- 1
Choose three clean cardboard shapes and decide which will be the body, head and one surprising feature.
- 2
A grown-up prepares any difficult cuts before assembly begins.
- 3
Join the shapes with paper tape, testing one connection at a time.
- 4
Add drawn details and give the creature a name, home and helpful talent.
- 5
Tell a one-minute story about the first small problem the creature solves.
