Sometimes, all the kid needs is a cardboard box.
Check out my cardboard box Pinterest page for a lot {more creative} ways to use a cardboard box for children. I just couldn’t believe how long it took to duct-tape (notice the neon green?) the sides of this. I don’t have enough patience to Exacto-knife a cute truck or something for my boy when I know it will be destroyed in about 3 minutes. But this box has shown me that I don’t need to buy expensive things for my child — there are so many play items in the house, just waiting to be played with!!
I loved this post from Moving Smart about what a cardboard box can teach your child: spatial awareness, comfort & security, empowerment, control, sensorial, and imagination!
And check out my Pinterest board which includes 50+ ideas for using cardboard boxes!
Also, I am having a giveaway for a Blue Manor Education Phonics Reading Set! Please click over to my post to enter — the giveaway is open until Friday, August 23, at 11:59 EST and is open world-wide!
Please share your cardboard box posts! I’d love to see them!
Fun ideas and a good reminder: toys don’t need to be expensive or complex to be fun and beneficial. They remind me of a post on geek dad a couple years ago – http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2011/01/the-5-best-toys-of-all-time
Greg, I love that article!! So hilarious — I’ll have to post to my FB page :)
I remember when I was 7 years old, I had made many things with old cardboard boxes. I used to play with those boxes. They were light and, useful for me. Once I made a small house with some cardboard boxes. I still have that small cardboard house in my room.