Radio Desk Organizer |

CPB - Radio Man box radios from side

Box Radio Desk Organizer

With a recycled box and the provided printable templates you can make a desk organizer that looks like a radio with this fun craft!

Related Book: Radio Man: A Story in English and Spanish by Arthur Dorros

Supplies

Cardboard box – Use an empty cube-shaped tissue box, pasta box, or any small box
Wooden chopstick
Printable Radio Face Template
Aluminum foil
Glue – a hot-glue gun works well on the cardboard; regular glue for the buttons and tape for the station tuner window
Paint – any color you like
Paint brush
Scissors

Directions

1. Prepare the box:

Choose a box to be your radio. In the pictures I used a cube-shaped tissue box and a penne pasta box with a cellophane window in it.
If you are using a box without an opening in the top, cut the top or bottom flaps off of one end of the box, depending on where you want the station tuner window to go.

2. Paint the box:

You can paint the printed front, back and sides of the box.
OR if you want a plain box to use “as-is” or to paint: take the recycled box apart at the seams and turn it “inside out.”
If you are using a pasta box with a window in it, tape the stations tuner template to the cellophane window before gluing the seams
Glue the original seam and flaps (a hot-glue gun works well). Let the glue dry. Then paint.

3. Let the box dry

4. Cut out the radio dials, speaker, and stations tuner window

5. Glue the parts of the radio to the box

6. To make the antenna, wrap the wooden chopstick in a strip of aluminum foil: lay the stick on the foil and fold a foil flap (about 1 inch long) over each end of the stick. Roll the foil around the stick and press gently to close seam.

7. Attach the antenna to your box: