Cardboard Kitty Convertible

Create your own animal-appropriate sized cardboard car with these steps and soon your cat/dog/bunny/etc. will be able to back your car out of the driveway for you!

Materials/tools Needed:

-Cardboard boxes
-Adhesive (I used Gorilla Glue)
-Paint
-Pet
-Box Cutter
-Pencil
-Compass
-Ruler
-Scissors

Flatten out any cardboard boxes and prep them for drawing your template.

Draw your desired car template. My inspiration was a convertible. Make sure to add tabs where the pieces will adhere together. My car body includes:

-hood
-windshield
-trunk
-under side
-left side
-right side
-wheels
-axel

Cut your template out and fold in the tabs.

Position the pieces to make sure the car will line up properly.

Adhere the tabs to necessary parts. Let the cardboard body dry.

At this point the car body should be taking shape.

Now we get to painting. I had lots of leftover paint from other projects, so went ahead with colors already in my stock.

Add wheels and accents. My car includes:

-painted on windshield wipers
-a license plate from "Catifornia"
-head lights
-tail lights

Add your pet and your project is ready to hit the road... or just keep it in the house for safety's sake.

The End!