Simple yet amazing crafts made with milk cartons! A collection of ideas that will captivate elementary school children and toddlers.

puzzle cube

A cube puzzle made from milk cartons is recommended because it’s simple, reusable, and makes good use of waste materials.

Combining three pieces to form a cube seems easy but is surprisingly challenging, so it could be effective for children’s learning as well as brain training for the elderly.

It’s also easy to make, making it great for recreational activities.

This three-dimensional puzzle game uses simple, readily available materials, can be made quickly, and helps develop imagination while exercising fine motor skills.

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Hoshino Takashi

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Milk Carton Rolling Tower

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Let’s reuse empty milk cartons to make a fun rolling tower where a ping-pong ball tumbles down! Cut the milk cartons and connect two of them to create a long cylindrical base.

Make holes and slits in paper plates, attach them in a stepped arrangement, and adjust the angles so the ball rolls smoothly through.

Add slits to the side of the cylinder so the ball won’t stop midway and will drop all the way to the bottom.

If you wrap the whole thing with a tube-shaped cover made from a clear file, the ball won’t fly out and it’s safer to play with.

A bonus is that kids can learn about gravity and incline through the speed of the rolling ball and the fun sounds it makes.

It’s an eco-friendly idea that uses recycled materials to create a moving, interactive project.

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Creeper made from a milk carton

[Elementary School Summer Crafts & Independent Research] Make a Creeper from a Milk Carton—with a Head-Popping Mechanism!

Minecraft is a hugely popular game among kids.

Creepers are characters that appear in Minecraft and explode when they get close to the player.

Let’s make a craft that captures that feature using an empty milk carton.

Besides a milk carton, prepare green plastic bottle caps, bamboo skewers, and oil-based clay as well.

Cut the milk carton and wrap it with green vinyl tape to make the Creeper’s body.

Then cut the body section further and attach parts.

Use another milk carton for the head along with vinyl string or rubber bands to create a mechanism that “explodes.” Because kids use fine motor skills to build it, it helps improve their concentration.

Once it’s finished and displayed at school, you can almost hear friends saying, “Wow, that’s awesome!”

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Nakajima Junko

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milk carton car

[Handmade Toy] How to Make a Milk Carton Car

Here’s an idea for a milk carton car that you can actually ride and enjoy.

This project uses a plant stand with casters and milk cartons to make a vehicle.

Once the base is complete, cover it with felt and decorate it.

The visual design is up to you, but it’s a good idea to use popular characters as motifs.

You could also model it after an Anpanman car.

By the way, the plant stand with casters can be purchased at a 100-yen shop.

It’s a very cost-effective idea, don’t you think?

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yamamoto

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Puzzle

[Easy Handmade Puzzle] Let’s Make a Puzzle with a Milk Carton ♪ [Also Great for a Stamp Rally ♪]

Puzzles are said to enhance imagination and concentration.

So here’s an idea for a fun puzzle you can make.

All you need is a milk carton.

Cut it into parts to form squares, then combine them to create a mechanism where the faces rotate—imagine four blocks rotating inward.

Once that’s done, design a character on each face and you’re finished.

The fun part is that as you rotate the faces, different characters keep appearing one after another.

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yamamoto

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Spinning piggy bank

Why not make a fun piggy bank where the coins spin as they go in? It’s a perfect idea for a summer vacation craft.

First, slice a milk carton into rings, press the corners to flatten the center space, and make four “blades” to form a propeller.

Decorate the edges with vinyl tape, and make two large propellers and four small ones in the same way.

Skewer a large propeller on a bamboo stick, then add two small propellers on each side to create a spinning mechanism.

Insert this into a clear tube, make a coin slot in the lid, put the lid on, and you’re done.

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sasashina

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lantern shade

[Handmade Video] Hands Hint Club at Home: “Let’s Make a Lantern from a Milk Carton” [Official Hands]

Let’s make a lantern with a filigree-like look using a milk carton.

The finer the details, the more delicate your lantern will be.

First, open up the milk carton and cut off the top and bottom.

Once you have a rectangle, peel off the printed layer starting from the edge.

When it becomes plain white paper, draw any design you like on it and cut it out.

You can also draw pictures in the open spaces.

Cut the top edge into any shape you like, such as zigzags or waves.

Place it over an LED light and switch it on to finish.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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