Tissue-Box Train

Tissue-Box Train craft

All aboard for a craft that puts kids on the fast track to imaginative learning. This train takes kids places as they discover how to create their own fun.

  • 1.

    Cut a cardboard paper towel roll into three pieces with Crayola® Scissors or cut similar pieces from a wrapping-paper roll. Cover one piece of roll with black construction paper to create a smokestack. Use Crayola School Glue to attach it to a recycled tissue box. Glue cotton balls to the top of the smokestack. Glue the smokestack to the front of a recycled tissue box. Dry.

  • 2.

    Draw a conductor, animals, or other cargo for your train on recycled file folders with Crayola Washable Markers. Cut out and glue inside the opening of another recycled tissue box. Dry.

  • 3.

    Ask an adult to poke a hole into ends of the boxes. Thread string through the holes and tape in place. All aboard!