Cardboard dump truck

Dump truck photo booth prop

Tonka Carter CAT truck prop.

Whew! It's been a long week of working on my cardboard project, but it is finally finished! It went from this: To this! I made this dump truck for my cousin who will turn four on Monday. He is one of my favorite kids in the whole world! The truck is almost as tall as him! His birthday party has a construction theme and he got a preview of the truck last night as we were decorating for the party. He loves it!! I made 'rocks' out of wadded up newspaper, but he just calls it trash. That's okay…

I painted a dump truck on a big cardboard box as a photo prop and it came out sooo cute!

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Dump truck made with cardboard boxes

Excavator Halloween costume. Spray painted cardboard boxes then cut to size. Makedo Construction kit are the joiners (the arm, scoop, and wheels all move). Special duct tape to join. The wheels are styrofoam rounds from the craft store wrapped in a garbage bag with tread duct tape around the edge, also attached with Makedo. Little guy will wear a construction man outfit and hard hat to “drive it.”

Skid steer and excavator. Made them myself for my 2 and 4 year old boys

Tractor