The great thing about cardboard boxes is that they are a blank canvas. I like arts and crafts projects but if I’m going to spend a lot of time on any one project I like to make it multifunctional – so making a train and rocket ship in one seemed like a great way of maximising the play he could get from my efforts! Step 3: Start Cutting In order to get into the rocket ship he crawls into the opening at the top of the cab and wriggles to standing inside the rocket and looks out the window. So to get into the train he would go through the rectangle at the back and he can stand up like the driver. I decided to leave the top of the cab open on the train and cut a rectangle from the back of the cab as well. Now obviously for this to be a proper cardboard playhouse there needs to be a way for my son to get into it so I thought about how he could get in to both the train and the rocket. When I laid it with the long side of the box down the short bit that stuck up the back reminded me of the cab of a train where the train engineer sits, and the larger bit of the box looked like it could be the front of the train.Īnd when I turned it over so the short bit was on the ground and the long bit was vertical it kind of had a look of a rocket ship from the front – and the short bit behind would keep it stable I thought. I decided this really from looking at the box from different angles. I wanted one side to be a rocket ship and the other side to be a train. If you are like me you will have loads of boxes to choose from, especially with all the online shopping everyone has been doing lately – I always have a stash of leftover packing boxes! Step 2: Plan your Design
The first step is pretty straight forward – find a big box!Īn irregular shape like this toilet box works best, but don’t worry if you don’t have that you can always join two boxes together to make the shape you want.
I decided it would be a fun idea to make a two-in-one cardboard playhouse that could be a train and a rocket ship! So when I had a new toilet installed, the shape of the cardboard box it came in got me thinking. My son loves playing with train toys and I’d seen cardboard box trains before but never tried it myself. Like everyone with kids these days, I am always looking to find new ways to entertain my toddler, and ideally ones that don’t cost very much!
ROCKETSHIP FABRIC HOW TO
This step by step guide about how to make your own cardboard train and rocketship from one cardboard box was written by regular contributer Charlie Miller who lives in Vancouver, Canada.
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