Want to know how make a robot? We got you! Kids of all ages like toddlers, preschoolers, and even kindergarten kids will love making this robot. Whether you’re at home or in the classroom learning how to make a robot is easy and budget-friendly when you use recycled materials.

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Learn how to make a robot using recycled materials.

How To Make A Robot

Anyone that knows me know that I am all about making recycled crafts. I save all my toilet paper tubes, paper towel tubes, empty cans, yogurt containers, plastic lids, snack boxes, and the list goes on. So I dove into my recycling stash to come up with this quirky cereal box robot you can make with the kids! A recycled robot craft has got to be one of my best ideas yet.

Crafting is such wonderful bonding time, and also a good time to teach children lessons. Like the importance of taking care our planet. Recycling and upcyling are a couple of ways to do this. Plus, easy recycled and upcycled crafts for kids allow you to craft and stay within a budget, since most of your supplies are things that you would’ve discarded otherwise! It can be such a rewarding and memorable crafting experience.

I also love recycled crafts because it’s a great way to use your imagination, and teaches resourcefulness, working with what you already have!

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Supples Needed To Make A Recycled Robot

This robot is made from various recycled items. There’s of course the cereal box, but also empty vegetable cans, a paper towel tube, and quite a few lids I’ve been saving. Use whatever stash you have to make your  recycled robot!

Robot made with tin foil, colorful lids, caps, paper, tape, and cans, and pipe cleaners against a  garage door-how to make a robot- Recycled Crafts: Cereal Box Robot
You’ll needs supplies you can find around your house to learn how to make a robot.

You will need:

How To Make A Super Awesome Robot From Recycled Materials

Steps 1-4 - Apple jack box covered in tinfoil with a hole cut into it.  Wrap tin foil around a toilet paper roll and add it to the hole. How to Make a robot- Recycled Crafts: Cereal Box Robot
Put something in your robot and then cover it in tin foil. Then get ready to make the arms and insert them into the sockets.

Step 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!

Step 2

Wrap the cereal box in aluminum foil and use tape to secure.

Step 3

Use a craft knife to carve holes in the side of the box for the arms.

Step 4

Cut the paper towel tube in half, and wrap both halves in aluminum foil.

Step 5

Insert the tubes into the sides of the cereal box.

Steps 6-8 - Cover the tin cans in aluminum foil glue the colorful lids as knobs- How to make a robot-Recycled Crafts: Cereal Box Robot
Cover the cans in tinfoil and then add the buttons and knobs to your robot.

Step 6

Wrap each of the cans in aluminum foil.

Step 7

Use various lids to decorate the front of the cereal box.

Step 8

Glue lids onto the large can for eyes; then glue bottle caps to the lids for the pupils.

Step 9

Glue a metal nut on as the nose.

Steps 10-11- Draw lines on the white paper and make smaller lines through it then wrap your pipe cleaner around a pencil. How to make a robot Recycled Crafts: Cereal Box Robot
Draw your lines and prepare your antennas!

Step 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.

Step 11

Wrap silver pipe cleaner around a pencil, then glue inside the large can.

Step 12

Glue the head and legs to the cereal box to complete your robot.

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And now you’re finished and have the coolest robot ever!

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How to Make a Recycled Robot

Recycled Crafts: Cereal Box Robot

Learn how to make a robot using recycled items and items you have at your house. This is not only a fun craft, but also a good STEM activity.

Materials

  • 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

  1. To give the robot’s body some weight, first you’ll want to put something inside the cereal box.
  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.
  11. Use scissors to cut mouth from the lined paper and tape to the tin can.
  12. Wrap silver pipe cleaner around a pencil, then glue inside the large can.
  13. Glue the head and legs to the cereal box to complete your robot.

More Recycled Craft Ideas From Kids Activitites Blog

If this project has shown you the fun side of raiding your recycling bin each week, you’ll have to check out these other ideas!

We hope you loved our recyclable robot idea! Share your favorite recycled/ upcycled craft hacks in the comments below. 



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