Something about a fresh cardboard box that drives my kids crazy with creative energy! They LOVE the endless possibilities of what this blank canvas can become. Will it be an airplane? a museum? a time machine? a dinosaur cave?
Two knights ready for battle!
I always help them cut the holes, doors, windows, etc. because cardboard can be stiff and little hands have a hard time cutting it, but I let them draw the lines on which to cut! It is very hard not to let my perfectionist out at this point because I have a strong need to straighten lines and round curves….but I resist the urge because the finished piece is totally their work when it is all finished.
Model of the Natural History Museum
Whatever it is that your child wants to create with his empty box, I am sure it will be a great invention. Just don’t tell the person who gave him the present that he liked the BOX more than the present!
We have these boxes to build with at our house. My kids love to build these and use them to make mazes too! They even made an obstacle course for our dog with them!
A Diplodicus built with cardboard blocks, cardboard box, brown paper, and broom sticks!
Check out the directions for this dino on my Fun Projects page!