Make colourful necklaces with kids recycled cardboard art – our printable – and nature!
We had such a great time as a family making these colourful, eco friendly necklaces from kids recycled cardboard art – and nature!
This craft activity just ticks so many boxes – its easy, sustainable, educational and above all fun!
Download our Unicorn Craft Printable here:
Download and print both PDF files for this craft (they are mirror images)
Want to make a Recycled unicorn Necklace and Wand play set? Just visit our Eco Unicorn Wand blog post..
Make a Eco Unicorn Wand HERE to go with your cardboard necklace!
Working with kids cecycled cardboard art..
What you need to make Cardboard art necklaces:
- Cardboard box / corrugated cardboard
- Printable PDF (both pages) printed on card / recycled card
- wooden beads
- Cord
- paint & pva glue
- Single hole punch – optional but really useful!
- pompoms, sequins & flowers (optional)
How to make kids recycled Cardboard Art necklaces
1. Create some cardboard art – Be bold! abstract patterns work really well for this project!
2. Download and print our Unicorn Jewellery Printable:
Download our Free Printable (PDF) below:
Download and print both PDF files for this craft (they are mirror images)
3. Stick the A4 printables to the back of your artwork, and leave to dry.
4. Cut out the shapes!
5. Punch the shapes – to create threadable Cardboard art shapes
A single hole punch is really useful for this job. However – if you don’t have one of those a normal hole punch will do.
6. Decorate your Cardboard art shapes!
If you would like a different colour scheme just colour in the whole printable before sticking it to the card!
Add pompoms, sequins, tassels, beads – or whatever you can think of – only your imagination sets the limits! You can also use string to hang pompoms from your shapes (like I did with the unicorn shape in the picture)
For more simple ‘cardboard art beads’ – simply cut geometric shapes from your cardboard Art – without using the printable – and decorate!
Some of our collection of kids recycled cardboard art shapes – ready for making into beautiful necklaces!
Adding nature to kids recycled cardboard art necklaces..
Adding nature to your cardboard art necklaces is a really great way to explore textures and colours in nature with kids – and it’s educational too!
We had a lot of fun – firstly in collecting the flowers and foliage in our garden – secondly in naming each plant – and thirdly in deciding how to incorporate our flowers in the cardboard art necklaces!
Adding nature is also a brilliant way of giving your cardboard jewellery an interesting look – and fragrance!
How to add nature to your shapes..
Punch 4 holes in large shapes – and use two of them for flower stems!
7. Thread your shapes onto cord or ribbon- to create beautiful colourful necklaces!
Homemade Cardboard art unicorn junk necklaces – choose from a whole rainbow of colours – and wear them with different flowers every day!
On reflection I am so happy we took the time – a whole weekend! – to really have fun with this creative multi medium project! Working together creatively as a family was a really great experience for us all – and we ended up with a beautiful kit of recycled cardboard art threadable shapes – ready to make an epic Junk Necklace anytime!
I hope you have fun with this project too – and that you enjoy our free unicorn printable! Please do mention us on social media if you make this project – we would love to see it! #theawesomechildhoodproject
Make a full Unicorn Necklace and Wand play set!
Want to make a Recycled unicorn Necklace and Wand play set? Just visit our Eco Unicorn Wand blog post..
Make a Eco Unicorn Wand HERE to go with your cardboard necklace!
Download our free Unicorn Printable Here:
Download and print both PDF files for this craft (they are mirror images)
