It never fails to amaze me that with kids, most of the time, simple things are the best. Last week I got a new toy – a lovely big food processor. This meant Monkey als got a new toy – a lovely big cardboard box. He had so much fun in there and just made me laugh so many times throughout the day.
To start with it was a den – I love his cheeky face poking out
Then I laughed out loud to see his feet poking out the top when it was a bed
It was a bus for a while
Then he had so much fun making it a den again this time with just a blanket over the top and playing peepo.
Especially when the box then fell over with him inside!
Then LM had to get in on the action – she wasn’t quite as sure about being covered with the blanket
Then it became a climbing frame (it was getting a bit squished by this point)
And finall a great hiding place (can you see his fingers on the top? The only clue I had to where he was lol!)
Kids and cardboard boxes eh?
Haha, love the simpleness a cardboard box can bring. Definitely basic childhood fun at its best, imagination, creativity and lots of laughs are priceless!
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It is amazing what fun can be have with a simple cardboard box. All these expensive toys and actually a big box is just as fun! #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
You really cannot beat simple, basic childhood fun can you! My dear friend Chrissy Byers in Australia has just written a brilliant book called The Magic in Boxes, you might like it xxx
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Aaah look at them, they look like having they are having so much fun. You can’t beat simple stuff like this. We love it too. :0
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That’s soooo true I love cardboard boxes. We were reviewing a Kiddicone this week and I had more fun pretending it was a microphone or hat than what it was intended for! 😉 #LetKidsBeKids lovely photos btw x
Haha! Love these pics of your little ones’ joy in playing with the box! Yes, it amazes me the things that Baby Boy loves to play with which aren’t ‘toys’, so it’s a good thing we don’t invest much in toys lol 🙂
I love this! Cardboard boxes are amazing. The amount you can do with one and a little imagination. From building cardboard cities, to hide and seek, to buses! 😀 It looks like they had so much fun! 😀 xx #toddlerapprovedtuesday
Haha, who needs toys, when you have a box and a little bit of imagination!
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Lovely photos! It’s great how kids can make the most boring thing fun and who knew a cardboard box had so many functions x #letkidsbekids
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Our tot inevitably enjoys the box the toys come in more than the toys themselves.
It is amazing what they can do with a cardboard box, some of the best imaginative play comes from them 🙂 #letkidsbekids
Is there anything better than a cardboard box?!! So much fun to be had! We’ve been playing with them this week too! My 5 year old spent half a day wearing a box and calling herself dave the robot!!
We love cardboard boxes here, the last big one we had I spent a night turning it into a playhouse, they loved it and it lasted quite well! Although they are more than happy to have a boat/car/train/plane/cave/anything-that-takes-their-fancy!!
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