Cardboard Box Car or Fort … my kids favorite activity!
Save a large box or ask an appliance store for one.
Set it out in the living room and let your kids take the lead. I’m always amazed and surprised at their ideas. Go with it!
Try to do as many of their ideas as you can.
Paint it, cut out windows and doors, add buttons, add a mailbox, color with crayons and markers, draw framed pictures inside, let them bring in their blankets and stuffed animals, use another box to add a second room. Play and enjoy!
Read “My Book Box” by Will Hillenbrand … a cute and simple book about the many ways to use a box.
Box Book … your kids can help make these, or have them ready to use!
Cut the front off a cereal box
Score and fold in half.
Cut paper just smaller than the cardboard.
Sew down the middle, fold and flatten.
Use your new box book to draw pictures and write letters.