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Fun Cardboard Hacks

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Fun Cardboard Hacks

Explore short, practical video tutorials with the best cardboard construction tips, building tricks, and STEM design hacks for teachers, parents, homeschool families, and program leaders. These quick videos help adults guide hands-on projects as students cut, fold, connect, strengthen, decorate, troubleshoot, and improve cardboard models using 3DuxDesign connectors, recycled cardboard, and basic craft materials.

Perfect for classrooms, homeschool, makerspaces, libraries, camps, afterschool programs, enrichment classes, and creative play at home, this video library supports hands-on engineering, architecture, design thinking, problem solving, and open-ended STEAM learning.

Cardboard hack #1: Hinges and doors


Cardboard hack #2: Making curved walls


Cardboard hack #3: Make characters stand


Cardboard hack #4: Flat-pack house challenge


Cardboard hack #5: Measuring and scale


Cardboard hack #6: Light a house with LEDs 


Cardboard hack #7 Kids cut cardboard? YEP!


Cardboard hack #8 "peel-a-ply" curved walls 


Hack #9 Building a sturdy  structure

Need more materials?

GOBOX Classroom Kit

GoBox Classroom Kit

Each  GOBOX Classroom kit comes with over 400 connectors, 500 cardboard shapes and downloadable lessons for a class of 25 - 30 students. Ages 4+


$279.95

GOBOX Pro - LED lighting

GoBox Pro (LED lighting)

Each  GOBOX PRO comes with over 400 connectors, 500 cardboard forms, downloadable lessons and 10 LED light kits for a class of 25 - 30  students. Ages 7+


$359.95

Flexible "SiteMap" Mat

Flexible Sitemap Mat

Need the perfect mat for your architect and community projects? The "Sitemap" mat is playful, sturdy, easy-to clean and easy to store!


$129.95

Cardboard Refills for Class

Cardboard Refills for the Classroom

Want more shapes for your students? White on one side, these paintable cardboard shapes make learning geometry and 3D spatial concepts fun.


$129.95


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