{"id":3867,"date":"2019-09-16T09:32:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T09:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/blog\/2019\/09\/16\/robot-tube-puppets\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:06:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:06:55","slug":"robot-tube-puppets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-ideas\/kids\/robot-tube-puppets\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardboard Tube Robots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"eplus-wrapper wp-block-paragraph\">Get ready for a robotics adventure with Cardboard Tube Robots! This exciting and easy-to-make project invites kids to transform ordinary kitchen cardboard tubes into imaginative robot characters. Using simple materials like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/paint\">paint<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/art-supplies\/drawing\/pens\">markers<\/a>, foil, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerross.co.uk\/craft-supplies\">craft supplies<\/a>, children can design their own unique robots, complete with shiny metal accents, googly eyes, and fun accessories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ready for a robotics adventure with Cardboard Tube Robots! This exciting and easy-to-make project invites kids to transform ordinary kitchen cardboard tubes into imaginative robot characters. Using simple materials like paint, markers, foil, and craft supplies, children can design their own unique robots, complete with shiny metal accents, googly eyes, and fun accessories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"editor_plus_copied_stylings":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,233,351,594,799,229],"tags":[685,710,800],"class_list":["post-3867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kids","category-activity","category-cardboard-tube","category-recycling","category-robots","category-themes","tag-cardboard-tube","tag-recycling","tag-robots"],"acf":{"age":["3-5","6-9","10+"],"skill-level":["Beginner"],"time-to-make":["30 mins"],"idea-type":["Craft Projects","Art Projects"],"free-printable":"","ID":"K498","time":"30 minutes + Drying Time","skill_level":"Beginner","how_to_make":"<ol>\r\n<li>Paint a cardboard tube with silver metallic paint and leave to dry.<\/li>\r\n<li>Cut a rectangle out of yellow card and use deco pens to decorate it. 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