DIY Of The Week: Tissue Box Monsters

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This DIY project from The Best Ideas For Kids is a great way to use leftover tissue boxes that you might have around your house and turn them into a fun game!

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Supplies:

Tissue Box
Colored acrylic paint
White acrylic paint
Google eyes (different sizes)
White Cardstock
Large pom poms
Black sharpie or marker
1 popsicle sticks (optional for the purple monster)
Craft knife (optional – adults only)
Glue – hot glue is always going to work best when working with large googly eyes and pom poms, but you can also use an extra-strong glue like this one. Just make sure to let it thoroughly dry and press and hold for the glue to take.

Directions:

  1. Pull out any plastic inner lining inside the tissue box before you start.
  2. Paint the outside of the tissue box with white to prime the box. Adding white will make sure the design of the tissue box doesn’t show through the paint.
  3. Once dry, paint the outside of the tissue box a color of your choice, and paint the inside a different color.
  4. Outline around the “mouth” of the monster (the opening of the tissue box) with a black marker. This will make the mouth pop more.
  5. For the purple box, cut 1 popsicle stick in half. Paint the pieces purple and let them dry. Glue 2 small googly eyes to the sticks. Make a small slit mark at the top of the box with the craft knife (adults should help with this part) to push the sticks in.
  6. Glue large googly eyes to the top of the tissue box. You can add one, two, three or more eyes!
  7. Cut out large teeth from paper or white cardstock. Glue the teeth to the inside of the tissue box mouth.
  8. Give your monsters a little more character by gluing some large pom-poms to the top of the tissue boxes.

*When you’re done, use the extra pom-poms to “feed” the monster. Turn it into a minute-to-win-it game by seeing how many pom-poms players can toss into the monster’s mouth in 60 seconds

See full project here.