In California cardboard trash could be recycled curbside. In Oklahoma however, we have to drive our cardboard somewhere to have it recycled. It’s just not going to happen. So I was trying to think of something we could do with all the cardboard that we accumulate. I started to collect it in our art closet, throwing all the smaller boxes and toilet paper tubes into a bigger cheerios box. At the end of 2 weeks we had quite a little stash, and so we pulled it out along with markers and tape and anything else my kids could find. It was fun to see what they combined.
Charis made a ship that she used for her little people and animals.
Zoe made a robot mask.
Nehemiah taped a box shut and Luther walked around in the middle of it all and hit his siblings with cardboard. A good time was had by all.
When they get done playing with what they made, we’ll throw them away and pull out the new stash I’m currently collecting. I think it’s fun for them to have some bigger materials on hand with which to build and invent.
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That is a great idea I am going to try it.
My girls would love this! I will have to think twice before I throw something away now.
my friends and I did this all the time–we loved it! We’d make houses and furniture, and once a haunted house!
Love this! And, since we’re in the have-to-drive-to-recycle club too, we’ve got piles in our basement waiting for warmer weather! ha! Never thought of it as an art stash.
I think your kids will have a lot of fun with it.
Karen, why am I not surprised that you did this?