More Fun with Boxes

Are you ready to make more stuff from boxes? Here are a few more ideas: Building Blocks You can decorate any size boxes to use as building blocks. What’s really fun is making giant building blocks from large, square boxes. You can also make “bricks” from shallow, rectangular boxes. Your kids will have a blast building castles, walls, forts, and any other ideas their little imaginations conjure up. Jumbo Dice Make jumbo dice from medium to large square boxes. Paint them or cut out the dots from felt for a more dimensional effect. For fuzzy dice, first wrap the box … Continue reading

Easy Family Dice Games

Does it seem like you only have small bits of time with your family? You don’t need an hour or two to have the fun of playing a game with your family. Take advantage of those ten or fifteen minute windows of time for a little bonding. One of these dice games is ideal, because there are only a few rules, and you just need some dice and a little brain power. Tip: Keep some dice in the glove box of your car to keep the kids entertained with these games when you’re stuck in traffic or stuck waiting somewhere. … Continue reading