8 Crafts From Household Items

Craft Lab

With some glue, yarn, and maybe even a cereal box, your regular household items are transformed into these 8 creative crafts for kids.

Guitar

Let your child make some beautiful music. Cardboard boxes form the base of this inspired instrument; corks make the tuning pegs.

• Learn to make your own guitar.

Puppy Puppet

Transform cardboard tubes into a canine marionette; the head and legs will move when it walks!

• Get directions on how to make the puppy puppet.

How to Make a Ring Box Puppet

Cable Car

Your little one's furry friends will be able to zip around in this simple vehicle. Cut windows from a box and tape on a piece of straw; then let your child go wild with decoration.

• Find out how to make a cable car.

Balloon Car

Get ready to race—inflate this car's balloon and set it down: the expelled air will make it go!

• Get instructions for your own balloon car.

Sailboat

Take to the high seas with this boat constructed from a milk carton hull and a skewer mast.

• Find out how to make your own sailboat here.

Windmill

Watch the mill's cardboard tube and Popsicle-stick blades spin in the breeze, with the help of a brad.

• Step-by-step instructions on how to make your own windmill.

Village

A few simple snips and a coat of paint transform milk cartons into a colorful village.

• Read on for how-to make your own village.

Rocket

This ship lets imaginations soar! A cardboard tube is topped with a foil-covered paper cone to form this space vessel.

• Read our guide to make your own rocket at home.