Make a Robot from a Cereal Box

I am all about recycled crafts. I collect toilet paper and paper towel tubes, cereal boxes, empty cans, yogurt containers, plastic lids, and so on. I love robots and aliens, they make such adorable craft projects for kids. So I decided to put some of those recycled items to use with this fun cereal box robot.

Cereal Box Robot

I made this robot from a cereal box and various other recycled items. I used vegetable cans and cardboard tubes among other things. Here are suggestions for things you can use:

• snack boxes
• cereal boxes
• cardboard tubes
• plastic drink lids
• snack boxes
• yogurt cups
• canning lids
• aluminum cans
• oatmeal and Pringle containers

If you have a stash of recycled items, I challenge you to go through it and make your own robot from what you have on hand!

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As always, a full printable supply list and instructions are at the end of this post. For this project you will need the following supplies:

• Cereal box
• Something for weight (old towel, bag of dried beans, newspaper, etc)
• Aluminum foil
• paper towel tube
• 2 vegetable or soup cans (legs)
• 1 large can (head)
• Various plastic and metal lids
• 2 bottle caps
• metal nut
• 2 silver pipe cleaners
• White paper
• Black marker
• Tape
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun
• Craft knife

1. To give the robot’s body some weight, first you’ll want to put something inside the cereal box. I used an old sweatshirt. An old towel, a bag of dried beans, lots of wadded up newspaper, anything like that will work.
2. Wrap the cereal box in aluminum foil and use tape to secure.
3. Use a craft knife to carve holes in the side of the box for the arms.
4. Cut the paper towel tube in half and wrap both halves in aluminum foil.
5. Insert the tubes into the sides of the cereal box.
6. Wrap each of the cans in aluminum foil.
7. Use various lids to decorate the front of the cereal box.
8. Glue lids onto the large can for eyes; then glue bottle caps to the lids for the pupils.
9. Glue a metal nut on as the nose.
10. Draw several lines onto white paper, then draw a single line through those lines. Use scissors to cut mouth from the lined paper and tape to the tin can.
11. Wrap silver pipe cleaner around a pencil, then glue inside the large can.
12. Glue the head and legs to the cereal box to complete your robot.

There, isn’t that fun!? If you make one, be sure to send me a picture or post one on my Facebook wall, I’d love to see it!

If you liked this project, you might like my duct tape cereal box robot too!

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Make a Robot from a Cereal Box

Supplies

• Cereal box
• Something for weight old towel, bag of dried beans, newspaper, etc
• Aluminum foil
• paper towel tube
• 2 vegetable or soup cans legs
• 1 large can head
• Various plastic and metal lids
• 2 bottle caps
• metal nut
• 2 silver pipe cleaners
• White paper
• Black marker
• Tape
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun
• Craft knife

Instructions

• To give the robot’s body some weight, first you’ll want to put something inside the cereal box. I used an old sweatshirt. An old towel, a bag of dried beans, lots of wadded up newspaper, anything like that will work.
• Wrap the cereal box in aluminum foil and use tape to secure.
• Use a craft knife to carve holes in the side of the box for the arms.
• Cut the paper towel tube in half and wrap both halves in aluminum foil.
• Insert the tubes into the sides of the cereal box.
• Wrap each of the cans in aluminum foil.
• Use various lids to decorate the front of the cereal box.
• Glue lids onto the large can for eyes; then glue bottle caps to the lids for the pupils.
• Glue a metal nut on as the nose.
• Draw several lines onto white paper, then draw a single line through those lines. Use scissors to cut mouth from the lined paper and tape to the tin can.
• Wrap silver pipe cleaner around a pencil, then glue inside the large can.
• Glue the head and legs to the cereal box to complete your robot.