How to Make a Cardboard Tube Castle
Cardboard tube crafts are a great way to recycle your household items into fun, creative projects for the kids! With this cardboard tube castle, little ones can build their own turrets – perfect for celebrating St George's Day! You can even add a flag.
Once complete, the cardboard castle is also a great place for keeping pens and pencils organised.
Project and instructions by @littlebuttondiaries.
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How to make
Cut two cardboard tubes in half at various lengths.
In one of the tubes cut a square at the bottom for a door. Cut turrets around the top of all the tubes.
For a drawbridge, cut a square of card that is a little bigger than the door on the tube. Paint the tubes grey and drawbridge brown. Leave to dry.
Glue the tubes together, making sure the bottom edges are lined up. You can hold together with a rubber band if necessary whilst the glue dries.
Draw around the base of the tubes onto corrugated card. Cut this out and glue onto the bottom.
Tape the drawbridge onto the bottom of the castle, lining it up with the door. Thread some embroidery thread onto a needle and knot the end. Push the needle through a top corner of the drawbridge and through the wall of the castle. Repeat for the other side, then tie a pony bead onto the end both pieces. Now you can open and close the drawbridge!
Make a little St. George's flag out of white card, add a red cross and glue onto a cocktail stick.
Glue the flag onto the castle. Use colouring pens to draw in features of the castle, such as windows, sconces (torch holders) and arrow slits.
