With the weather taking a drastic change this past week and deciding to become more spring like than it was a couple weeks ago, I had planned a few different crafts to help keep the kids busy after school. I was excited to try a few different experiments with them and enjoy our “lull” before spring activities start in full-force and I did try one with them involving cornstarch and food coloring, however, it was a bust! So, as I began researching on what other materials we could use to make the outcome I had imagined in my head my kids started making their own craft…out of box!

I had received a care package from my mom, ironically filled with craft supplies for myself and a few trinkets for the kids and was excitedly going through my new treasures when I noticed my son very interested in what else but the box. Then his older sister began putting her two cents in and before I knew they had cut the box and proceeded to make a “home” with it for their stuffed animals. My daughter cut one off the sides of the box and asked if I would help her tape two pieces together. We did this twice and the outcome became a “TV” for the house and a “couch” for the house. They brought out their little stuffed animals and sat for quite a while playing make believe with them all.

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