Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Old (BIG) box, new toy



A recycled AMAZON box (and egg cartons)

We got a delivery of something huge last month. As usual, the kids were completely ecstatic, excited with the  implication of its size, and what we could actually make out of it. First, there was a loud discussion on what it could possibly be. I told them we could only make one thing out of it, so that led to the second heated discussion. Then it was decided that I'm going to turn it into a little house, complete with two garret windows. While I was busy with a pair of very sharp scissors and a hot glue gun, I got the kids started on creating pink flowered creepers out of old egg cartons (painted in pink acrylic paint), and some colored pipe cleaners.

And here's the end result. It's now sitting in the playroom, sometimes used as a reading house.. but more often simply as a place to hide.


  

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