Here’s our guide to making cardboard things move by artist Vanya Lambrecht-Ward. Learn how to:

• Make card objects move up using card cylinders and string.
• Make moving joints with cardboard, creating scissor actions with their moving parts.
• Develop objects that extended out to reach things, or toys with moving joints.

The aim of the guide is to give you a starting point for thinking about different ways to make things move in a way that allows you to explore and develop this in more detail in your own way and with other materials.

Download a copy of the guide to print out and follow.

Below are some photos from the online workshop where our reinventors first got to make cardboard move!

‘Reinventions’ is a Kids’ Own project supported by the Community Foundation of Ireland, which seeks to cultivate an ethos of sustainability and creative reuse.

In our product-saturated, commercial world, Kids’ Own is passionate about supporting children to develop awareness of and appreciation for sustainable approaches and global issues. Small steps at a local/community level can make a difference!

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