With a room full of toys kids find entertainment and fun in the simplest places. We received a large package about 2 weeks ago. The contents were emptied and the box was set to the side for recycling. Shae jumped in it and asked for markers. For the next 2 hours she drew on the box and “drove” it around the living room and kitchen. It’s become her car. She still has it, tucked neatly into a corner of her room and refuses to let it go.
It’s just an example that fun doesn’t have to cost anything.
As a 16 year old you would think Sabreena is passed the make believe stage. She’s not. She told me about these HUGE cardboard boxes that the music department had from a recent delivery. Her and her friends got into the box and thought of how they could get it home to build a clubhouse. She said they were large enough that a handful of teens could sit cross-legged comfortably. Their plans were foiled when the teacher cut up the boxes shortly after. But it just goes to show that with a little brain power kids can make up their own fun without batteries, screens or accessories.
A child’s imagination is their greatest commodity. Give them a simple thing like a cardboard box and see what happens, what does that box become.
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Admit it. If you had a big box in your living room that you could fit in, you’d totally climb in there too!
WHAT’S IN THE BOX?
love this post. here’s hoping the kids always hold onto a little sense of wonder and imagination. its definitely one of my favorite parts about raising a child.
My boys absolutely love playing with boxes! I love watching their imaginations go wild with creativity!
My son is only 17 months old, but already loves playing in boxes. We did as kids too. It is so simple and free, but opens up a whole new world for them. Its fun to see what they come up with.
My boys do this all the time too. The first thing my youngest does when I get a package is ask if he can have the box. The only thing they love more than boxes is the poppers that are sometimes in the boxes. LOL
LOL so true isn’t it! My children were the same way and would play for hours with an empty box
There’s no such things as “just a box” with kids. In fact, it just might be the best toy of all – it can turn into a library, a castle, a fort.. whatever your imagination wants!
Boxes are honestly the best thing ever. They can inspire so much from the imagination, never seem to get old and are versatile.
I remember when my children were little, I duct taped lots of boxes together to make a maze and a hang out area then covered it in contact paper and decorated it with their names, etc. Such fond memories.