Episode 1
Cardboard Theatre
In the first episode, John creates an entire opera complete with the cast of Mozart's Magic Flute out of a cardboard box.
with John Coley
A children's television craft show from 1979. Armed with cardboard, scissors, glue, paint, and imagination, John showed a generation of New Zealand kids how to turn everyday household items into something wonderful.
Episode 1
In the first episode, John creates an entire opera complete with the cast of Mozart's Magic Flute out of a cardboard box.
Episode 2
John transforms a paper bag into a singing and dancing Rod Stewart. Watch all the way to the end and learn the tricks of the puppeteers trade.
Episode 3
Help the kids tidy up their toys with the help of a few cardboard cartons, glue and some paint.
Episode 4
Before Lego there was scissors, cardboard and imagination. John shows you how to make a circus or a castle out of a few old boxes.
Episode 5
Pre-Playstation Special Forces training game. An indoor shooting gallery to practice taking down villains in caves.
Episode 6
Kids watching too much TV? John Coley shows how they can make their own.
Episode 7
John encourages kids to get creative at home producing an Art Kit complete with gooby paint and a splatter sheet.
Episode 8
If you can't get outside to pick flowers in the beautiful spring weather, John shows how to make your own.
Episode 9
John's adaptation of Alexander Calder's kinetic sculptures for kids and parents with sticks, string and coloured paper.
Episode 10
If you have a bundle of newspapers or magazines laying around, here's how to turn them into animals.
Episode 11
Nothing looks better in the sky than a good kite on a breezy day. Get ready to fly kites with John's kite making lesson.
Episode 12
John shows how just about anything you can find around the house can be made into a mask.