BOISE, Idaho — School's out for summer, and kids everywhere are looking for creative ways to fill their days. Boise cousins Logan Boyle and Ethan Boyle took advantage of their summer break to 'drive' their homemade Ford Raptor through the Hawkins Pac-Out drive-thru for an ice cream cone on Saturday.
The cardboard creation, complete with knobby tires, a Ford logo and a personalized 'KRDBRD' license plate, was hand-built over several months by the two 14-year-olds. It has no engine but is powered by foot and a few strategically placed skateboards underneath the undercarriage.
The creative cousins designed and assembled the truck using their previous cardboard-crafting experiences, which included building Halloween costumes, an F22 Raptor fighter jet, and a tank.
The 'Kardboard Kids', as they call themselves on YouTube, get their cardboard from furniture stores, friends and Amazon packaging.
They choose their designs by thinking about something cool and fun to build, then look online for photos.
KTVB photojournalist, Ali Al Saedi, caught up with the boys as they embarked on the maiden voyage of their precarious prototype through the Hawkins Pac-Out drive-thru.
The combination of warm temperatures, wet glue and crooked skateboards made their drive through the drive-thru stressful, but with a little help from their friends, parents, drive-thru employees and patient drivers, the teens and the truck managed to make it to the window in mostly one piece.
After ordering celebratory vanilla cones and picking up the pieces that fell off during the short trip, the boys took the cardboard raptor to Simplot Hill for one final celebration.
For their next project, Logan and Ethan plan to build a pirate ship and float it down a small canal in their neighborhood.
The teenagers' YouTube page is full of videos showing many of their past cardboard creations.
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