Here's a STEM challenge that kids will love! Challenge kids to design and build their own working carnival games out of cardboard boxes.
A cardboard challenge event is an easy, low-tech, low-cost way to encourage the maker spirit in your school building! Here is the story of how our cardboard challenge event at Sandburg Middle School.
Today's Tray a Day activity is making cardboard sculptures. These are very easy and just need cardboard, scissors and maybe some felt tip pens to decorate. The cardboard segments can be used over and over
Every year, we participate in the Global Cardboard Challenge in our makerspace. Here, I talk about some of our projects and best practices.
A guide with resources for facilitating a cardboard challenge in your classroom.
Our 2016 cardboard challenge did not disappoint. My afterschool Makers Club students came up with amazing, innovative projects.
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Cardboard Connect Four: Connect Four is such a famous game that most of you must have played it at least once in your life! I had both the regular and pocket version when I was little and it's one of the games I played the most with. I still have the big one, even though …
Engineering is about providing solutions to all types of issues. Previously, we challenged you to engineer things intended for outdoor experiments such as cardboard boats and balloon cars. For this one challenge, what would you think of designing something better suited for your home? Team up once again with your little engineer and apply...
Turn cardboard boxes into creative diy projects today! Find out how to use cardboard boxes for kids games and activities beautifully RIGHT HERE!
Here are some tools that can help to support your students during a cardboard challenge in your makerspace.
Attaching cardboard pieces together is simple with some amazing techniques. Check this blog post for ideas, tips, and photos!
Looking for educational at home activities for kids? Our top 4: cardboard sculptures, a treasure hunt, toy parachutes and stop motion animation.
Of all the many marble runs we’ve built over the years, this is our new favorite! Simple materials and sturdy construction make it a WIN for a wide variety of ages. This would be great for a classroom STEM challenge. It all started the other day when we needed a break from homeschooling. It has […]
Cardboard Projects to Make at Home: Building with cardboard is a great way to teach your kids problem solving! Each instructable below should be easy to reproduce at home with common household materials. Create games and puzzles, make fun costume pieces, build playhouses, or even carv…
In my AASL post, I talk about how I used Skype and social media to connect my students to the world during our cardboard challenge.
My boys recently got some hex bugs, and they are so much fun! Aidan had one when he was younger, but somehow the other boys missed out on having one. Jonathan asked for one for his 6th birthday, and declared the $6 hex bug to be his favorite present, above a $40 LEGO set! (Hmm…) […]
For the month of October, our after-school STEAM Maker Club has been focusing on the Cardboard Challenge. We started off by watching the short film on Caine’s Arcade together. If you haven’t seen it, watch it right now: My students were inspired by all the amazing games made by Caine, and immediately started working on ... Read more
A kid's foosball made from a cardboard box and bamboo skewers.
Here's a STEM challenge that kids will love! Challenge kids to design and build their own working carnival games out of cardboard boxes.
Here’s a fun STEM challenge – combine cardboard boxes with Hot Wheels track to make a really awesome ball track! Elementary kids will enjoy this building challenge, and preschoolers will love it too, if someone older helps build the track. Owen and I had a great time transforming some cardboard boxes into this track. We […]
Ah, nothing holds more creative possibilities than an empty cardboard box. Come on, that’s not really a box. Sure, it is a shipping parcel, but it can be so much more. It’s…
Holiday time, when we gather around the fire with friends and family, and maybe exchange a gift or two. This year might look different for a lot of...
Every year, we participate in the Global Cardboard Challenge in our makerspace. Here, I talk about some of our projects and best practices.
Use cardboard, craft sticks, and hot glue to create an epic marble run! The marbles land in paper cups at the bottom of the track. This is a fantastic engineering challenge for kids. How should we position the sticks? Which path will the marbles take? How many will land in each cup? As always, make […]
Cardboard Tube Projects- the amazing cardboard roll is a versatile material for STEM. Check this post for activities to do with elementary students.
Students will likely play one or more these STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math) roles during the Global Cardboard Challenge project. Yesterday, at the start of a very hot and humid second day of school, our team showed students the first Caines's Arcade film (see link on slide show below). As we expected, the film inspired students' enthusiasm and ideas for our upcoming Global Cardboard Challenge Create and Arcade Days. With knowledge from last year's Global Cardboard Challenge and experience with ten and eleven-year-old creators, I put together a draft design packet that will lead students through the steps of whether to work as a team or on their own, choosing an idea, sketching the ideas, listing supplies, and creating game rules. I'll work with the teaching team to solidify the packet as collaboration will serve this project well. We'll likely enlist family and community help too as we bring this project to fruition in the coming weeks. It's great to start the school year with a project like this that builds team, creativity, and enthusiasm. Onward.
Along side my ludo board game I also decided to make a quick, small game of knots and crosses (tic, tac, toe) as this game was also very personal to me. I would always have a quick game of knots an…
Here’s a fun STEM challenge: Build working gears out of plastic caps, popsicle sticks, and a cardboard box! This project demonstrates mechanical concepts using materials you probably already have. Kids will be able to explore how gears mesh together to create motion. We started our project with a sturdy Amazon prime box, an assortment of […]
Attaching cardboard pieces together is simple with some amazing techniques. Check this blog post for ideas, tips, and photos!
Pista de canicas. Elsa y Noah han fijado con la ayuda de tornillos y tuercas algunos rollos de papel higiénico, enteros o cortados, a un t...
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Let’s say you love table tennis, but you live in a tiny flat and you can’t have a full-sized table. We have found the solution! It’s a cardboard version of table tennis called Tennino done by German parlor game company Kickpack (do you remember their great Kartoni Foosball Table?). Thanks to pre-folded cardboard pieces, it’s set […]
Attaching cardboard pieces together is simple with some amazing techniques. Check this blog post for ideas, tips, and photos!
Here's a STEM challenge that kids will love! Challenge kids to design and build their own working carnival games out of cardboard boxes.
