Make Your Own Clapperboard!

Make Your Own Clapperboard!
By: Sara Waxman

You Will Need:

A Cereal Box
One Hole Punch
Brass Paper Fastener (2)
Black and White Poster Paint (or if you are feeling adventurous, any two colors will work)
A paint brush
Newspaper
A ruler


STEP ONE
Remove cereal from box (liner paper and all) and set aside.


STEP TWOPaint cereal box black (or the darker of the two colors you have chosen instead).


STEP THREE
Let the paint dry in a well ventilated area.


STEP FOUR
Pour a bowl of cereal. Eat it.


STEP FIVE
Once the box is dry, open the box and lay flat and horizontally on the table in front of you.


STEP SIX
One each side, use a ruler to draw a horizontal line from one end of the box to the other (a good width to go by is the width of the ruler).


STEP SEVEN
Cut along the line on each side. You will end up with a large piece of the box and a small piece. These are your clapboard and clapper.


STEP EIGHT
Glue or tape your cereal box back together using the original folds of the packaging as a guide.


STEP NINE
Use the one hole punch to punch a hole in the clapboard on either side.


STEP TEN
Fit the clapper into the open end of the clapboard and mark with a pencil where the holes line up.


STEP ELEVEN
Punch the clapper with the one hole punch where you marked it.


STEP TWELVE
Fasten together the clapboard and the clapper with the brass paper fastener.


STEP THIRTEEN
In pencil, stencil on the details of your Clapperboard and paint.


STEP FOURTEEN
Let the paint dry in a well ventilated area.

While waiting, pour another bowl of cereal and eat it.


STEP FIFTEEN
Fill your Clapperboard with scenes and charades and play!