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10 Amazing Things You Can Do With A Cardboard Box And Bored Kids
Add Holiday Lights For An Insta-Magic CaveÂ
Just poke holes in the top, stick in lights and voila!
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Make It Into An Ice-Cream CartÂ
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If you follow this link you can go to Deanna Moore‘s page where she shows you this ridiculously adorable ice cream cart and where you can buy printables to make your own ice cream themed party. One of the cutest and most fun looking parties I have ever seen.
Make It Into A HouseÂ
There are some gorgeous cardboard playhouses out there, but I am very fond of the ones where you can tell a child took part in the decorating.
Make A Garage For CarsÂ
Or A Home For FishiesÂ
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Look what Mama Pea Pod made for her daughter! She has the tutorial at the link, and yay, it involves glitter glue.
Or A Home For Your CatÂ
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 Little Pink Monster has the tutorial and she says it will provide “at least one hour” of entertainment. Sold.
Or A House For BirdiesÂ
Tea Wagon Tales made these little houses and added little craft store birds to them to hang on the wall.
 Fill It With Sand Or Rice For Sensory FunÂ
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And you can go to Miss January for more cardboard box fun. My kids would probably make a bit of a mess with this, so I would throw down a shower curtain or plastic tablecloth first.
Or Turn One Into A Giant Learning ToolÂ
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From the Imagination Tree. I love this idea. I can see little kids playing with this for eons. And it costs a lot less than buying them the sort of counting activity center you find in waiting rooms.
Get Started On Those Halloween CostumesÂ
And As A Bonus
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Because cats are a lot like kids, there is nothing better than a cardboard box.
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