You can have colorful blocks and plenty of puzzles, but the toys kids want are all electronic and real – not colorful and fun! However, in the event you have no electronics to share, a great big old box will do.
This little gem showed up and reminded me of the submarines. When my children were little we kept some boxes to build submarines, an idea I had from my own youth reading the Childcraft “Make and Do” volume. Thankfully we had an unfinished basement where we could fashion our underwater submersibles. It was fun, and one of many little things those big boxes could do. My daughter puts her kids inside one with paints and lets them go to town. It’s a colorful be-ready-with-the-hose event.
The only issue with a big box is its storage after its re-creation. If it happens to show rain in the forecast, I recommend accidentally leaving it outside.
