Begin by cutting your piece of cardboard, decorative paper, and sheets of recycled paper all the same size and shape. I cut my pieces about the size of a coaster. You then want to Mod podge your pieces of decorative paper to each side of the cardboard. This will make it look nicer and give the cardboard a little more strength.
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I am a middle school art teacher. We use cereal boxes to make the forms for paper mache 3-D sculptures. We also recycle school supply catalogs from teacher mailboxes for strips (instead of using masking tape) to create the form. Click on link below to see the letter (initial) sculptures that we made.
http://view.txtbear.com/84752/untitled-txtbear-document/
Jo-Anne Jackson
We use cereal boxes for painting. My 4yo can put as much paint as she wants on the cereal box and her project won’t get soggy like paper can. We also use our cereal boxes to make notebooks and post cards.
http://kaotickrafter.blogspot.com/2010/04/my-first-attempt-at-tutorial-stitched.html
http://kaotickrafter.blogspot.com/2010/04/tutorial-homemade-recycled-postcards.html
Great ideas! Now I have an abundance of things to do with my nephew which is great.
I use cereal boxes for storing and organizing kids craft supplies as well as drawer dividers.
http://highoncraftblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/organizing-challenge-reveal.html
Why not cut up cereal boxes to make Artist Trading Cards?