Cardboard challenge

Full-Sized Cardboard Skeeball Machine: I wanted to make a skeeball machine, but I did not have the resources or tools to make a wood one. I still wanted a full-sized skeeball machine, and I wanted to make it look presentable. So, I decided to make it out of cardboard. This is full-sized,…

I've been on a blog hiatus (reading them as well as posting; I miss you guys!) due to an extended vacation to my home on the West Coast of Canada followed by a summer of single-parenting due to the fact my husband comes home only to sleep these days, he's so busy with work and school. Neither am I sewing, which pains me greatly. (I did manage to successfully alter my best friend's wedding dress on a borrowed machine back at home though!) The one creative thing I have managed time for these…

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 …

target golf what a great indoor activity for kids!

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…

Cardboard Play Dome: I wanted to make a small play house for the kids, but I didn't want to spend money. Aside from a $3 pack of hot glue sticks, everything I used here is stuff I already had. I searched online for geodesic domes so I wouldn't have to do all the …

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.

Cheryl Gavrielides on Instagram: "Cardboard cash register 💰 This has definitely been my longest lasting cardboard creation!! And we use it regularly!! If my children need something to enhance their play I will look for the cheapest way to get that resource/toy. And you can’t get cheaper than making it yourself! 😂 With a few bits of thick cardboard and a glue gun I believe you can make almost anything!!! Right I’m looking for a challenge. I’ve already been asked to make a few things…

If your students have problems with connecting cardboard pieces in STEM class this post is for you! Techniques for attaching carboard pieces are simple. This article has images to help and an idea for creating a cardboard attachment display students can refer to later.

A guide with resources for facilitating a cardboard challenge in your classroom.