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You’ve heard it a million times…kids will have more fun with a cardboard box than with the toy that came out of it, but maybe yours need a little inspiration. You probably get cardboard boxes every week if you shop online frequently. So, help your budget and the environment by encouraging your children to turn that box into something new each week. Here are ideas of what you can suggest they do with that box (with some other items from the recycling bin and craft corner to help them out). You will also be encouraging your children’s creativity.
Scroll to the bottom for free, printable pages to help guide children with their creations.
Around the House
A table and chairs
A couch
A kitchen
A bed
A puppet theater
A TV
A fireplace
Around Town
A swimming pool
A playground
A zoo
An aquarium
A bakery
A restaurant
A hotel
A factory
A clothing store
An amusement park
A movie theater
A school
A library
An animal shelter
A bridge
An RV camper
A camping tent
The Extraordinary
A jungle
An ocean
A chocolate or candy factory
A (haunted) mansion
A pioneer wagon
A horse-drawn carriage
A log flume
A robot
An alien
A submarine
An arctic exploration base
A tropical Island
A fort
A castle
A gingerbread house
A log cabin
A hotel for animals
A racecar
A spaceship
A pirate ship
A train
Around the Globe
Show your children a picture of a famous landmark and encourage them to try and replicate it from their cardboard box.
Venice
A pyramid: Egyptian, Mayan, or Teotihuacan
Notre Dame
The Statue of Liberty
The Empire State Building
The Taj Mahal
The Grand Canyon
The Colosseum
A city skyline
Animals
A whale
A dinosaur
A giraffe
A wolf
An elephant
A bear
A tiger
A lion
A panda
Smaller Boxes
Make a doll treehouse placed in a small indoor plant.
Cut off the front of a cereal box on the blank side of it, use a ruler to measure 9 equal sections. Leaving one of the boxes blank, draw a picture. Cut out the boxes, and mix them up in the remainder of the box. Move them around as a puzzle.
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