Daily Discovery: Cardboard Box Creations

Have you ever wondered what a box could become? Follow along with Rabbit in the story Not a Box by Antoinette Portis, to imagine all the things a box can become!

Then create and take your own amazing box on an adventure at home!

Supplies:

• A cardboard box
• Tape
• Scissors
• Hole punch
• Glue
• Markers, paint, stickers
• Metal brads, paper clips, clothespins
• Loose parts such as: lids and bottle caps, sticks and leaves, beads, buttons, pipe cleaners, string, cardboard tubes, recyclables, any old junk around the house!

Instructions:

1. Place all your supplies on a clear surface with plenty of room to create.
2. Brainstorm some ideas for what your box could become. Tip: try drawing your idea on a piece of paper!
3.  Build and create with all your loose materials. Use your imagination!
4.  Ask an adult for help with cutting or attaching things to your box if you need it.