Make a Cardboard Crown

We all know “where the wild things are”: they’re outside!

Phoebe Carpenter Eells provides a tutorial for these cereal box crowns on Made by Joel. The crowns were inspired by the classic children’s book, Where the Wild Things Are, by Maurice Sendak.

Many wonderful adventures start by donning a cardboard crown.

Every kid loves costumes, and upcycling materials from around the house to make them deserves bonus points in our book. This author took a common object—a cereal box—and turned it into something whimsical and fun with nothing but paint and scissors.

So make crowns with your kids in the house, read the story of Max and the wild things, and then go outside on a beautiful spring day and have an adventure of your own.