Paper Engineering Craft: Towering Fun

Fight off boredom with a paper engineering craft . The whole family got involved as we made paper boxes and stacked them to the ceiling—it was awesome!!! We kept our boxes so we can play with them again. How tall can you make your tower? SUPPLIES: Colored paper Scissors Glue Ruler Q-tips DIRECTIONS: You will need a variety of colors of paper. We used this multi-color pack of neon paper – love how bright the colors are! Cut your paper into strips. It is not super important how long or wide your pieces are as long as they are all the same size. We made our strips 4 1/4″ long (paper cut in half) and then roughly 2 inches wide. Also needed is a cup of glue with Q-tips. The Q-tips were so handy to put glue into those crevices. You will need 12 strips of paper for each cube. Fold each slip in half “like a hotdog” Make a “tray” with four of the strips. For extra stability, try to layer the corners. Glue them down and then add the “legs” of the table. Again, try to layer the sides for extra stability. Glue the legs into place. Make sure that each corner is tight and flush with the other. If you don’t your square will be lopsided or may not work. This idea can be found our on our blog by searching “PAPER BOXES” https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/62002/kids-craft-paper-boxes/