Building With Boxes

Activity Overview

Building and creating with boxes can open up a child’s imagination like no other activity! The perfect building blocks for creative inspiration, boxes can become interstellar spaceships, cozy houses for dolls and animals, fast racing cars, secret forts, and countless other playful creations. This activity not only stimulates the imagination, it provides a space for developing fine and gross motor finger strength through cutting and taping.

What You Need

• Cardboard boxes

• Tape (packing tape recommended)

• Scissors

• Drawing materials

Steps

1. Collect a few cardboard boxes of various sizes.

2. Ask your student what they would like to create with the boxes. If your student would like to draw a plan or blueprint to help generate ideas, that can be a good way of getting the creativity moving.

3. Once your student has decided on what they want to build, begin the process. They may need more scaffolding and help with this process, but make sure the student is doing the majority of the work.

4. If desired, use drawing materials such as crayons and markers to add details to your creations.

Guiding Questions

• What will you build today?

• What comes next? Tell me why?