Play House - Aug 16th, 2007
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Let a giant cardboard box inspire hours of imaginative play.
For most children an empty box is far more interesting than whatever came inside it. Turn a box into a playhouse and your child will soon be furnishing it, spending time inside it, and using it as a springboard for all types of imaginative play. You can also turn large boxes into different kinds of buildings. If you have multiple boxes, set up an entire community!
A large box from a furniture or appliance store
Nontoxic markers
Scissors or carpet knife (for adult use)
Masking tape
Nontoxic glue
For most children an empty box is far more interesting than whatever came inside it. Turn a box into a playhouse and your child will soon be furnishing it, spending time inside it, and using it as a springboard for all types of imaginative play. You can also turn large boxes into different kinds of buildings. If you have multiple boxes, set up an entire community!
Step by Step:
- Cut a door in the box large enough for your child to go in and out of easily. If you want to the door to open and close, make a swinging door by cutting the door on three sides only (top, bottom, and one side).
- Make a doorknob by cutting out a round hole, or gluing on an empty spool.
- Draw and cut out two or more windows. If you would like shutters, leave the sides attached.
- Encourage your child to help decorate the inside and outside of the house with felt markers or crayons. Suggest drawing on grass or a picket fence. Decorate the inside with your child's artwork or pictures from magazines.
- You can cut off the bottom and top flaps off an oversize carton and use them to create window boxes, a mailbox, a chimney, even a pitched roof.
- Invite your child to 'move in' to the new house by bringing stuffed animals and blankets inside.
A large box from a furniture or appliance store
Nontoxic markers
Scissors or carpet knife (for adult use)
Masking tape
Nontoxic glue
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