It’s History by Fred Miller

LET’S GET Crafty

Cruise into town in these DIY VW buses! We’ve been saving all of our boxes from our online shopping orders along with every other recycled piece of cardboard to have on hand when we need to get crafty. These might be our favorite craft along with our cardboard beach bungalows! So grab all the boxes you’ve got to get started on your hippie vans.

Text and photos by Caitlin Peck. Visit @thelittlebungalow for more fun projects to keep you inspired and busy!

MATERIALS YOU’LL NEED.

Cardboard boxes White paper (or white paint) Construction paper (or paint) Scissors Glue Markers

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VW BUS INSTRUCTIONS.

First take your cardboard box and remove all box tabs from the side in which you cut the box open. You should now have 5 full sides.

Next trace each side of the box onto your white paper. Leaving you with 5 sized pieces of white paper that should fit each side and top of your box. Glue the right pieces to the matching box side. Let dry. You can also just paint the box white with a few coats of paint if that is easier!

After you have all of your white paper glued down you can now pick the color of your bus. Measure each side of your bus again and you will be covering all 4 sides about halfway with your color of choice. Cut out your construction paper to fit and glue. You can also paint this part as well once your white paint has dried if you chose the painting method.

BY THE WAY.

We printed out some adorable Baby Bum characters from the Sunbum website - www.sunbum.com - which gave us the motivation to make these buses. Sunbum is offering free coloring pages so be sure to stop by their site and get some printed for your little ones. They’re adorable!

This next part is optional, but it can really make your bus look a bit more seamless if you used construction paper. We cut strips of white paper and colored paper, folded them and glued them all around the edges to blend everything together a bit better. 5

Once your glue or paint is dry you can now start drawing on your windows and designing your own bus. Leave it plain, add waves, flower power, peace signs... endless possibilities. 6

We loved cutting out little characters to take for a ride. Once everything is dried and drawn you can now show off your little bus creations and start cruising with them on the living room floor or on a neighborhood walk. 7