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Milk carton craft projects!
Milk carton bird house
What you need:
- Milk carton
- Stapler and staples
- Masking tape
- A soft cloth, rag or chamois
- Brown shoe polish
- Scissors or a knife
- Twine
What you do:
- Open the top of the milk carton.
- Clean and dry the milk carton thoroughly.
- Staple the top of the carton shut
- Tear off small pieces of masking tape and cover the entire carton with
the pieces of tape.
- Using a soft cloth, rub brown shoe polish all over the tape. This will
give the carton a rough, bark-like finish.
- Cut a hole (with adult assistance) about 4" above the bottom of
the carton. The hole should be approximately 1" to 1 1/2" in
diameter. This hole is for the birds to get in and out of the house.
- Poke a few drainage holes in the bottom of the carton and two ventilation
holes in the top of the carton.
- Poke a hole through the top of the feeder, string a piece of twine through
the hole and hang your feeder on a tree.
Milk carton village
What you need:
- Milk, juice or cream cartons (different sizes)
- White acrylic paint, gesso
or white latex house paint
- Pencils
- Paintbrushes
- Tempera paint
- Containers for water
- A covered work area
What you do:
- Cover the cartons with white acrylic, gesso or latex house paint. Let
dry.
- Draw windows, doors etc. onto the carton.
- Paint the carton (using tempera paint) to look like a house.
- Make several houses and you have a village.
Milk carton pencil pot
What you need:
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Safety scissors
- Pen & ruler
- PVA Glue & spreader
- Milk carton
- Old magazines
What you do:
- Mark a straight line around the milk carton slightly lower than your
pen or pencil.
- Using safety scissors, cut along the marked line.
- Using the safety scissors cut out a selection of pictures that are suitable
for your pen tub.
- Select your favorite pictures and glue to the milk carton.
- Brush on more
PVA glue to protect your pictures.
- The finished pen pot!
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