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BOXES OF FUN
By Mick
Here is some fun for those days when we are stuck inside with lots of energy to expend. Great for rainy days or when it's just too cold to go out.
What you will need
Cardboard Boxes of different sizes.
A few old sheets or blankets
Masking tape.
What To Do
Get some boxes of different sizes from your local supermarket or store, the larger the better, they are usually happy to let you have as many as you need. Now let your children loose with their imaginations, building cubby houses, tunnels and towers from the boxes. Help them by using your imagination as well as the masking tape to hold it all together, and remember, it doesn't matter if the boxes are squashed or damaged.
When they have lost interest in building their cubby houses etc, you can use the remaining good boxes to make box "cars" or to make boxes for them to store their toys in. The flattened boxes also come in useful, I use these to make car ramps for the boys to play on with their toy cars, racing them down, creating more fun for them. You can also use the flattened boxes out in the garden, I put them over the top of garden beds where I do not want the weeds to grow, they soon break down into the soil.
Helpful hints...
Do not to get the "waxed" boxes that some fruits come in, these are a fire hazard, they will make a mess of carpets and floors as the wax rubs off, and are most definitely no good out in the garden!
If you have just moved, as I did not too many years ago, remember to store all the boxes for later times for play, they fold down flat and do not take up much room at all.
Now, go and enjoy your quality time with the children.
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| jenni |
This is a lovely idea, Mick..I'm glad you re-started this site.. Kids will have lots of fun with this..especially with the holidays approaching.. I know Che loves using boxes as ramps for his race cars...and also for building towers to break down...Thanks again.
Jen
| | OreO |
This is such a beautiful site, i really am enjoying it here. I think this is wonderful!!!!! Love the box idea for kids!
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