Cardboard TV

We are taking a break from the regular Foam Program to 

bring you another Cardboard Is Supreme advert. Emily 

thought it would be a good idea to make a cardboard TV 

this week. Her original idea was fascinating - it included 

a built-in VCR and DVD player with slots for inserting 

cardboard DVDs and videocassettes. It intrigued me, 

but we made the simple TV first (we may never get 

round to doing the slots for cartridges)

with a remote control. The remote control was very important. 

Emily put on foam sticker buttons, drew more buttons and 

correctly positioned the infra-red thingy in the front.

The TV is essentially a box with a big window cut out 

in front, and a little walled-space about 1/2" deep

behind it, to slot TV programs in.

I like this project for many reasons, one of which is its 

simplicity. But my favorite part is how it is secretly a way 

to display the kids' art and have them talk about it 

to unsuspecting captive guests. 

The girls got white paper and markers and drew their own 

TV show. Jenna had some help with outlines to color in. 

Then these were mounted on cardboard slabs to make 

them easy to slot in and take out. We put pictures on 

both sides of the cardboard.

Emily's story was all about a princess fairy with blue wings

but later she decided she wanted to be the star of 

her own TV show so here's a self-portrait.

I love how Jenna proudly put in her Maisy TV show 

and told a story, then sang the Maisy theme song 

(with the little yelp at the end of phrases) while 

swinging her leg in time.  

Oh I love being a mom of small children!