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If you're daring and willing to waste a whole bunch of supplies and your time, then here is a list of crazy ideas to create: A portable bow that comes in three pieces A crossbow shield (Like Hiccup's from How to Train Your Dragon) Inferno from How to Train Your Dragon A telescopic sword A water tap that runs with a soda bottle reservoir A cardboard gun that shoots paper bullets with a trigger Write a book Draw the world with every single country If these seem weird, just know that I did all of the above except the draw the world challenge and Inferno, though I plan to build that flaming sword soon! (Just to be safe, I plan to do so in winter when there is snow outside!)

So, you want to make a project but don't have any ideas? Well, here's a nice list: breastplates helmet hanger bow arrows toilet paper tube binoculars shield ninja stars posters for your room I hope that you find these helpful!

If you had built the bow, but need arrows, fear not! This post will tell you how. So, the first thing you need to do is get a piece of letter-size paper. Start rolling it into a tube, rolling it from the corner, not from the width side. When you have finished roiling, then place a bit of tape to hold it in place. Cut off one end slightly about one inch and then cut a groove with scissors to make it easier to put it on your bow.  That's it! I hope you have fun!

Becoming Robin Hood is always fun. In this post, I will show you how to build a nice bow to play with. So, the first thing you will need is an old plastic coat hanger, like the one you would find at the mall, like this: Then cut off the hook part, like this: Finally, tie a rubber band to both sides, and you have a bow! And now you're good to go! Now all you need is arrows...

Building a breastplate is easy and simple. Down below, I will show you how. So the first thing you will need is two sheets of cardboard large enough to cover your torso. Cut them both in the shape you want, like down below:  You would want to do the same for the other side, which will be for your back. Decorate now if you wish. then punch two holes at the top for your arms and two holes at the bottom for your sides. Loop some string through them, and you're good to go!

Shields are the best in combat (especially if your little sister is throwing paper ninja stars at you!) It will defend you. I've made two types of shields, but the simple one was more successful than the one with the hidden crossbow. (I might get into that later. For now, forget it.) So the first thing you will need, is, of course, cardboard. Get one sheet about the size of your forearm minimum (My biggest was about the size of my torso.) Cut it into a rectangular shape, which is the best and most protective one, better than a circle. If you want to, paint it now. (Aluminum foil doesn't really work for this. I tried.)  So now you should have a nice rectangular shape.  Cut strips of cardboard and glue it to the back, one for the forearm and another to grip with your hand for better balance. Mark the spots with a pencil and glue the strips with hot glue. The best way to do this is to make the strips look slightly like a Greek omega. (Sorry. Percy Jackson fan.) Now you can defend...

Finally, the time has come to attach it! You would want to make shoulder guards, as that will be what will hold the two pieces together. Glue them on both sides, like this: Then you would need to attach it on the bottom, like in the diagram below. Please note to leave one side dangling open so that you can actually get in, like this: Then, paint your armor as you like. (Once I even coated it with aluminium foil and used up most of it.) Thanks for reading, and good luck in a fight. (Or your costume presentation)

Welcome to part two! So now you've got the front, but now you will need the back. Don't worry! That part's a hundred times easier than the front.  So first you will need a sheet of cardboard large enough to carry your back. It should not be weirdly shaped but must be like a rectangle. Now this is the fun part: bend the cardboard sheet so that it is round, like this: If the bumps in the cardboard run parallel to the bends, then the results would be better looking than if it ran perpendicular.  Yeah, I know that I've just started, but that is practically all that there is to the back! Nice and easy, huh?

I guess I will warn you at the beginning that you would not be able to move your arms as much with this model, but it would protect you better. So, it seems to me that the breastplate is one of the most important parts of a set of cardboard armor. (I'll be honest with you; I've got two full sets, and I'm making a third one because I've outgrew the other two.) Well, let's ump right in! The first thing you would need to do is to make sure you have enough cardboard. Breastplates need a lot of cardboard. Also a lot of hot glue. make sure you have enough! (A roughly estimated amount would be enough to build and glue a cubish box two and a half feet wide.) This is very complicated to explain, and I have two models, so I will just show you the model I used to build a costume of the armor of Genghis Khan. (don't ask) Take a sheet large enough to cover your chest(from just below the belt to your collarbone.) and cut it evenly in half. This will be the two sides of the fr...

I've made quite a few cardboard projects that turned out okay. Fine I admit it. A lot. So much that my Mom insisted firmly to throw the old ones into the garbage because I needed a square box three feet tall to hold it all! and it was even overflowing. That's why I will share with you some of the most successful ideas that earned a good stay in my room. (Which is now cluttered with my armor) breastplates shields leg guards (thigh guards, shin ones are such a pain to wear!) swords (check out my other post on how to make one) helmets (my first one was terrible) guns (very, very tricky) crossbow quivers (the rectangles are better than the circles) ninja sticks made from newspaper hydraulic claw (found on the internet!) daggers Popsicle stick pocket knife mitten dryer (made from an egg carton and empty toilet paper rolls) spiked gauntlets that only protected the top of the hand I did more, but these are the best ones. I hope that you enjoyed reading this!

Just saying, the very title of this post would make my Mom laugh. You probably knew all this, and sorry if I will bore you. (No, I'm not. Haha!) I used to be the one that would waste so much tape in our house. Well, let's hope that the "used to be" is actually right! 😜 Anyhow, these are the many things that I learned while using packaging tape with cardboard: When taping two sheets of cardboard together, place them one on top of the other while taping instead of side by side if you want a looser fit than a very tight one that comes with the risk of it suddenly popping open. be careful with little cuts in the tape. It only takes a little one for the entire thing to tear easily in two, easier than wet paper. (and cleaner too) If you lose the edge of the tape on the roll, be careful when you find it. When you pull it off, it will be easy for only part of it to get loose, and then you will be left with a very odd looking piece of tape that might end up being useless and ...