Cardboard Box Town

Ages3–7
TimeAbout 45 min
MessA little messy

You need

  • Small boxes and tubes
  • Tape and markers
  • Toy cars

Let's play

  1. Decide what your town needs: homes, a school, a store, a fire station.
  2. Turn each box into a building with doors and windows.
  3. Draw roads on a big paper or the floor with tape.
  4. Drive cars around town. Who works in each building?
Grown-up tip: Make a little map of your town afterward.

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