DIY Cardboard Roosters Make Perfect Party Decor!
I am reposting this DIY cardboard rooster craft because, well they are just too cute to sit in the archives, are relatively easy to make, and what could be more fun than a few giant roosters in your home just in time for Purim?
Ever thought about using some recycled cardboard to make some fun cardboard roosters? Truthfully, I hadn’t either, but after making a black rooster and a white rooster, well I just want to make some more. I made them to use as stage props in a school play, but they’d look great in a child’s room, or even in your kitchen, so have some fun and make a cardboard rooster, or two or three! Assuming you have a bit of paint on hand the rest of the supplies are basically free, so this is a budget friendly craft project as well……ah yes, and with the Jewish holiday of Purim coming in just a week, well filling the house with roosters and chickens could be quite festive, and certainly sure to bring a laugh. Okay, lets get started…….
You’ll Need:
- corrugated cardboard boxes
- black, white, red acrylic craft paint
- white paper, and brown craft paper (optional)
- white glue or decoupage medium (optional)
- a pencil and eraser
- good scissors
How To:
- Draw a rooster shape on a cardboard box and cut out. You can use this first rooster as a template to make as many as you like.
- Paint your rooster as seen here, leave the shape of the wing unpainted
- To make a stand for your rooster cut out a mound shape, paint and then decorate with Matisse-like cut paper folliage applied with decoupage medium.
- Using hot glue, affix rooster to mound. To get mound to stand up, either make a small cardboard easel for the back, or glue the mound to something with a bit of stability, like even a small brick or small box.
- Enjoy!
There is something about the combo of black, white, red, and the brown of the cardboard that I just love.
I just love the paper cut outs on the mounds, I did it without giving it too much thought, so I think that is reflected in the results, which aren’t forced. Lets here it for some cardboard roosters all around, shall we?
