Found this really cool idea for a light weight and personal watering can for kids! My son really enjoyed making one and coloring it to his liking, he now won't stop watering all the plants in the house.
Now our first attempt didn't end well since we apparently didn't attach the bottom well enough so water spilled everywhere but things turned out perfect once we re-glued it. :)
Materials- A cup (Styrofoam preferred!)
- A circle of cardboard that fits over the mouth of the cup, for the base.
- A long piece of corrugated cardboard, for the handle.
- A piece of card stock rolled and glued into a tube, for the spout.
Directions
- Cut off the bottom 1/2" to 3/4" (depending on the size of your cup) of the cup. Save this piece!
- Make radial cuts in the spot where you will insert the spout and insert the spout. Notice that the cup is upside down. If necessary, tape the inserted portion of the spout to the inner wall of the cup to stabilize it.
- Attach the handle. Glue one end close to the bottom of the watering can, on the opposite side as the spout.
- Glue the other end below the rim of the watering can, above the spout.
- Make slits in the tip of the spout and press open the tabs and glue them to the inside of the cup-bottom you saved from the first step. Finally, glue on the cardboard base of the watering can.
- Don't forget to make dots on the sprinkler head for water holes!
- Now go water some flowers!
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