Classroom cardboard construction kit
Give your whole class the tools to design, build, and invent, with our Classroom Cardboard Construction Kit. This kit is a large-scale version of our popular Cardboard Construction Kit, built to support group or whole-class construction projects and it will enable your students to turn everyday recycled cardboard into almost anything!
Cardboard is the perfect tool for budding inventors, engineers and creative minds to design, build and reinvent, again and again! With cardboard, you’re safe to make mistakes (you can just get another piece if you do!), which makes prototyping inventions, and ideas less intimidating and permanent. The design process and iteration is simple with cardboard because it’s so easy to manipulate. And no pesky sticky tape needed!
The included booklet and worksheets demonstrate how use all of the pieces and inspire you to prototype, create and invent. This kit will allow you to explore almost any area of the curriculum in an engaging, fun and educational way that will appeal to tactile, experiential and sensory learners, artistic and creative students and all types of brains.
What’s included?
- 800 x 3Dux Design cardboard connectors
- 300 x Makedo Scru
- 10 x Makedo Scru-Driver
- 5 x Makedo Fold-Roller
- 2 x Makedo Safe-Saw
- 35 x Makedo mini-tools
- 1 x rechargeable electric cardboard cutter
- A massive array of pre-cut, custom cardboard pieces (size and shapes vary)
- 1 x 28 page Scienceplay Kids cardboard construction kit booklet
- Classroom worksheets
- 1 x storage bag
- 3 x 6 litre storage containers for connectors and Scru
- 1 x storage box
Key Features:
- Built for whole-class use: multiple sets of tools and hundreds of connectors mean several groups can design and build at the same time.
- No tape required: the Makedo Scru and 3Dux Design cardboard connectors create sturdy joins without mess, glue, or sticky tape.
- Classroom worksheets included: ready-to-use worksheets paired with the booklet, making it easy to slot into a lesson plan.
- Organised for repeated use: dedicated storage containers and a storage box keep hundreds of pieces and tools sorted between lessons and terms.
- Safe, child-friendly tools: all of the tools are designed for students to use with confidence and appropriate supervision.
- Sustainable materials: using recycled cardboard, along with reusable tools for connecting cardboard reinforces sustainability learning at scale, across an entire class or cohort.
Educational Benefits
- Supports STEM & design thinking: students engage directly with the design process: ideating, prototyping, testing, and iterating, mirroring real engineering practice.
- Low-stakes prototyping: cardboard is cheap and easy to replace, enabling students to take creative risks and learn from mistakes without fear of "getting it wrong."
- Encourages collaboration: class-scale quantities support group work, encouraging communication, negotiation, and shared problem-solving.
- Builds fine motor skills: folding, cutting, and joining cardboard with the included tools develops hand-eye coordination and dexterity.
- Teaches sustainability in practice: working with recycled materials gives students a tangible, hands-on understanding of reuse and resourcefulness.
- Curriculum-ready: included worksheets and booklet content align with design and technology learning outcomes, reducing prep time for teachers.
- Open-ended, differentiated learning: suits a wide range of skill levels and project complexity, from simple structures to ambitious multi-piece builds.
- Customisable & creative: cardboard can be coloured, painted, and decorated, pulled apart and made into something new over and over!
