Here are two box successes we have had in the last term...
1. A MASSIVE box with smaller boxes fixed inside it - voila - a house! It took quite a few sessions to do everything. One day they painted the house, another day they decorated the interior with mini tiles and glue, snippets of wallpaper and wallpaper paste, another day they stuck down the carpet - pieces of vinyl floor cut up and carpets remnants. After that they played with it for quite a while, with plastic people and dolls house furniture.
2. During a trains topic we used a long cardboard box (from hedgetrimmers), and decorated it as a train, painting the exterior, then sticking windows, doors, wheels etc on, then drawing or sticking faces on the windows. And some cotton wool on top for the steam!
Aren't boxes GREAT! Kids adore them, and even if left exactly as they come, boxes can be ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING a child wants them to be.
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What other toy can better that!?