How to make a tank with your own hands: realistic design options from cardboard, sponge, paper and matchboxes

Tank-shaped crafts are made in honor of February 23 or May 9. They can be given to fathers, grandfathers, great-grandfathers, brothers. You can make it yourself together with children. Children love not only the crafts, but also the process of making them. Such crafts will be appreciated especially by boys. There are many ways to make such crafts.

Paper and cardboard tank.

Handicrafts of a tank of cardboard is made very quickly and easily. It can be made as a handicraft for a school contest on February 23 or May 9.

Materials

Materials needed:

• Green cardboard;
• Corrugated light green cardboard;
• Colored paper
• Scissors
• Glue
• Toothpicks

The process of making

1. First you need to make the body of the tank. Take cardboard green. From this cardboard cut out 3 rectangles. Two of them should be the same length, and the third should be small but wide.
2. Then cut out the caterpillar of corrugated cardboard in green.
3. Six identical black circles are cut out of black paper. These circles are the wheels of the tank.
4. The basis of the tank is made of green cardboard and paper. From cardboard cut out an oval and teeth.
5. Long identical rectangles glued crosswise and bent.
6. The basis of the wheels in corrugated caterpillars and glue.
7. Between the tracks put a green cardboard square. A toothpick is inserted to hold the construction.
8. A rectangle is cut out of green paper. Then it must be rolled into a tube. Thus turned out the muzzle of the tank. Now it must be glued to the cabin.
9. Red paper is cut out a star shape and glued with glue to the cab of the tank.
10. Glue the cabin to the second part of the tank.

Sponge tank

Handmade model of the tank from sponge. It is made easily and simply. Such tanks can be mastered even with very young children.

Materials

In order to make a tank from sponges you will need:

• 2 green dishwashing sponges. One of them should be bigger in size.
• Glue;
• Scissors;
• Crayons;
• Juice tube or cocktail stick;
• Red paper;
• Coin.

Making

Making a tank consists of several steps:

1. A hard layer is removed from the sponges.
2. On this hard layer with a coin to draw six circles with a black felt-tip pen.
3. Cut out the circles.
4. You take a smaller sponge and cut off a third of it. This will be the turret of the tank.
5. Rounded the edges of sponges.
6. Mouth for the tank will be a cocktail straw. To do this, a part of the tube is cut off.
7. With a needle made an indentation in the turret of the tank. Then the muzzle of the tank is inserted into this cavity.
8. Glue the bottom of the tank and turret.
9. Then attach circles to the bottom of the tank. On each side of the tank should be three circles.
10. Red paper stars are cut out and attached to the side of the tank turret.

The tank is made very quickly and easily. A child can even play with this handicraft.

A paper tank

Both children and adults will like making such a handicraft. Such a craft is very simple and quick.

Materials for the tank

For making a tank we will need:

• Colored paper;
• white paper;
• Scissors;
• Glue pencil or PVA;
• A ruler;
• A simple pencil.

The process of making

The process of making a paper tank consists of several steps:

1. Creating a caterpillar. Two rectangles with sides 3 and 22 cm are cut from colored paper. Strips are bent and the edges are glued. We get two rings - a track paper tank.
2. Of colored paper in green or blue cut a rectangle with sides 9 and 15 cm. On both sides to mark half a centimeter and draw a straight line. Then from this line to the center measure three centimeters on both sides and draw straight lines. Now you need to bend along the lines so that you get the body of the future tank.
3. To make the turret of the tank is necessary to cut out a rectangle of paper with sides 8 and 10 cm. From the edges of the rectangle draw two lines on each side. From the edges of the rectangle to measure half a centimeter and two centimeters. Draw lines. Rectangle is bent along the lines.
4. From colored paper cut a rectangle with sides 6 and 10 cm. In half to fold it twice. Along the edges are made cuts and glued to create a muzzle with a triangular shape.
5. This step is to assemble all parts of the tank. The muzzle is glued to the turret. Then the turret is glued to the tank hull. The last track is glued.
6. Now cut out the star from the red paper and glue it to the front of the tank. The tank is ready.

Work on the crafts of the tank of paper takes 30 minutes. Kids love these crafts.

A tank made of matchboxes

Materials .

To make a tank, you will need:

• 3 matchboxes;
• glue;
• 2 sheets of green paper;
• 1 sheet of red;
• 1 sheet of black paper;

You can take plain white paper to assemble the tank, and then paint it with watercolor or gouache. The easiest will be made from colored paper.

Making

The process of making the tank:

1. One sheet to cover completely one matchbox and glue. This will make the turret of the tank. In order to make the body of the tank you need to take two matchboxes and a sheet of green completely cover them and glue.
2. Now the two parts are glued to each other. The muzzle is made from the remnants of paper. You can make the muzzle from a juice tube and glue it to the tank. If necessary, you can paint the muzzle with gouache.
3. Caterpillars can be made from paper. Cut identical round elements and glue them to the body. You can find the same size buttons in the house and glue them to the hull.
4. Cut out of red paper star and glued to the turret of the tank.

Make a craft for the garden tank can be made from any improvised means. Even an ordinary paper is enough to get an interesting handicraft. The tank can be made from paper, cardboard, sponge, matchboxes, wood, iron, clay, and so on.

The production process is very exciting. Making crafts is fun for both children and adults. Tank craft - the best gift for February 23 for fathers, grandfathers, brothers, friends,

Photo ideas of homemade tanks from improvised materials