81 Ideas for a Cardboard Box
We're getting ready to move house here at Curiosity Play, which has naturally meant we've had a ton of empty cardboard boxes ready to be packed (or played with!).
What are your favourite games to play and things to make with a good old cardboard box?
🚀 81 USES FOR A CARDBOARD BOX 🚀
(inspired by our own kids!)
1) A rocket 🚀
2) A tunnel
3) A boat 🛥️
4) A house 🏡
5) A shop 🏪
6) A hospital 🏥
7) An ice cream van 🍦
8) A washing machine
9) Flat - packed and taped to a chair to use as a slide
10) Flat-packed and curved to use as a toy 'skate park'
11) Monster truck jumps
12) A car wash
13) A multi story carpark.
14) A pizza oven 🍕
15) A pirate ship
16) A castle 🏰
17) A puppet stand
18) A TV
19) Sensory Play
20) A fish tank 🐠
21) An aeroplane ✈️
22) A bus 🚌
23) A Mechanics 🚙
24) A multi story carpark (large wine boxes work particularly well for this!)
25) A robot 🤖
26) A campervan
27) A drive through
28) A train 🚂
29) A hairdressers
30) A marble run/ball run - chop some old cardboard tubes in half and attach
31) Poke holes through and thread pipe cleaners through for fine motor development
32) An army tank
33) A fairy house
34) A fire engine
35) A den for cats/dogs/rabbits
36) A tractor
37) A library
38) Guitar (old tissue box, an old kitchen roll tube and elastic bands work well for this)
39) A bird house
40) A maze
41) A cave
42) A ball pit
43) A garage
44) A 'bowling alley' (decorate and pop some wooden skittles inside)
45) A workshop
46) A dentist
47) A bakery
48) A horse box
49) A dolls house
50) Cardboard Boomerang
51) Postbox
52) Cardboard Christmas Tree
53) Halloween/fancy dress costume
54) Cut out large cardboard circles and decorate your own cardboard pizzas/cakes
55) Design your own cardboard train track, add old tubes for tunnels
56) 'Dropbox' with a hole to drop balls/toys through, great for motor skills in babies
57) Let loose with crayons/paints
58) Cardboard tree, add fingerprints/handprints/cut out leaves
59) Cardboard swords and shields
60) Fridge - add some cardboard (or drawn on) shelves and food, could arrange into food groups
61) Lift/Elevator - add the numbers on buttons for a quick bit of numbers learning
62) Library, arrange books by colour, or alphabetical or by theme depending on age
63) Cosy reading area, add some cushions and blankets
64) Cut out cardboard hands and 'paint nails' with paints/crayons
65) Circus tent
66) Miniature worlds for play people
67) Cafe
68) Cut out cardboard shapes/animals and make a mobile with some string
69) Make a jigsaw
70) Treasure chest
71) Traffic lights
72) A giant dice
73) Bed for a doll or toy animal
74) Cut out cardboard letters and paint or wrap with twine
75) Glue/tape empty cereal boxes together and cover with decorative paper to make a paper tray
76) Decorate a hansel and gretel style house
77) Make a cardboard camera
78) Cut out stars and Christmas shapes and decorate for the Christmas tree
79) Toy dressing room/wardrobe
80) Stove/cooker
81) A stable
Do you have any more?