Santa is coming! Santa is coming! The aftermath of Santa leaves boxes and paper that fill your recycle bin and garbage through Valentine’s Day. Why not build a play structure out of the bits instead?
My husband and I built snowmen we found on Pinterest for our kids this Christmas. We found a large, medium, and small box for each child, filled the boxes with their Christmas presents, and then wrapped them in freezer paper we had from last year’s Christmas gifts. As a final touch, I crocheted a Cars scarf for my son, and am finishing up an Adventure Time Jake Scarf for my daughter. But after the kids dismantle their snowmen on Christmas morning, what are we going to do with the boxes?
Yes, boxes are one of the best toys ever, but they take up a large amount of space when nobody is playing with them. Why not cut a cardboard box into pieces and make slits so the pieces fit together but can store flat? This is just one idea from Inner Child Fun — they have many more.