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Also by Noel MacNeal 10-Minute Puppets Copyright 2013 by Noel MacNeal ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, except as may be expressly permitted in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be addressed to Globe Pequot Press, Attn: Rights and Permissions Department, P.O. Box 480, Guilford, CT 06437. Lyons Press is an imprint of Globe Pequot Press. Project editor: Ellen Urban Design and layout: Sue Murray Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data MacNeal, Noel.
Box! : castles, kitchens, and other cardboard creations for kids / Noel MacNeal. pages cm Summary: How many times have you spent money on some fancy new toy for your child, only to have her ignore the toy and instead crawl into the large box it came in? Whether youre on a budget or just refuse to pay high prices for noisy, plastic toys, Box! offers parents do-it-yourself, environmentally friendly crafts that can be made with cereal boxes, packing boxes, toilet paper rolls, and egg cartons. Filled with easy to make cardboard box craft ideas complete with supply lists, four-color photos, tips, and templates, Box! supplies parents with projects that will keep their children entertained for hours, such as: making little people with toilet paper rolls; creating a pirate ship out of a milk carton; fashioning a telescope using a paper towel tube; assembling planes, trains, and automobiles from cracker boxes, pasta boxes, or toothpaste boxes; and even constructing a child-sized desk out of three large boxes. This book is the perfect way to make fun, inexpensive, sustainable toys for your little oneProvided by publisher. ISBN 978-1-4930-0479-9 (epub) 1. 2. 2.
Paperboard. 3. Handicraft for children. I. Title. TT870.5.M33 2013 745.54dc23 2013030982 To Matthew Wallace MacNeal, whose imagination helps mine
go places Ive never been before.Thanks, Mattie.
Box So far Ive been a shopping bag, a turtle, almost a cradle, and a TV set. Of course, I started out as a box. A box that carried cans of sauce. Twenty-four cans of Del Monte Tomato Sauce, all in straight rows, one on top of the other, from the bottom of me all the way to my top. I became a delivery box when a grocer needed something in which to carry his next order. He filled me up with a bag of rice, a can of beans, a box of spaghetti, and quarts of milk and delivered me to a little girls house.
Soon after her mother took the food out of me and I was empty, the little girl put me on her back and started to crawl around like she was a turtle! After a few days of that she tried to turn me into a cradle for her baby doll by stuffing me with a pillow and laying her doll on top. I couldnt rock very well because of my flat bottom, so when she got tired of clunking me from side to side, she settled for making believe I was a bed. Next, her cousin came over, made a hole in my side, stuck his head in, and started singing O Sole Mio at the top of his lungs like he was a singer on TV. Who wouldve thoughtme, a television starI mean, a television set! Just goes to show all the things you can be in life. With this book that Noel MacNeal wrote, I wonder what Ill be next A rocket ship? A gas station? What about you? What are some of the things youre going to think of? As told to Sonia Manzano (an author and Maria from the Daytime Emmy Awardwinning childrens series, Sesame Street) P.S. When I was a kid, groceries were carried home in boxes.
My brothers and I often had fun using the boxes for all sorts of things, until they fell apart! I hope you have fun with Noels book, and boxes, too! Sonia Manzano
She said, You know how to be a dad, and you know how to be a puppeteer. Why not combine these experiences in a book to show families how easy and fun puppet-making can be? (She also said, But dont make it crafty. Make it for people like me. You are not married to Martha Stewart.) So thats what I did, because they were not only characters I created with and for my son, but also ones I remember building when I was a kid. But of course, as a parent, I know that kids like to play with more than one type of toy, so I havent just been making puppets for the past seven years. Oh, far from it.
The inspiration for this book came from an experience with my son when he was a toddler. Our local, indoor play area had one of those kitchens kids can pretend to cook and bake with, so naturally, I thought we should get one for him. Then I went online and saw the prices. My knee-jerk reaction was You want HOW MUCH for THIS?! Most parents start buying stuff even before their kids are born, and it only continues as the years go by. But when I saw this, my next natural reaction was, I could make one! This kitchen was the first thing I made out of boxes for him, and I havent stopped. BOX! will help you to create all kinds of things with your kidsnot just out of boxes, but out of any container that comes your way via the grocery store, mail, or special delivery.
Take-out, tissue, cereal, and cracker boxeseven cardboard paper-towel and bathroom-tissue tubeswill all be fair game for creativity. Kids are great at instant play. You know what I mean: Flip that big box your new fill-in-the-blank came in, and they have a rocket. Or a cave. Or a car. You dont need to do a thing except maybe join in (which I highly recommend; when was the last time your car drove to the moon?).
So the majority of these projects fall under instant play. Minimal crafting for you and the kids, followed by fun; this is because kids already have an active imagination, and they dont really care how it looks. They already know how it looks in their minds eye! And as a parent, I already have a busy schedule. So simple, quick, and easy are the words that form the philosophy of this book. Plus, you get to reuse, recycle, and even upcycle those boxes that come into your home. Good for you, good for the planet: win-win.
In fact, I encourage you to reuse any of these boxes for other box projects. Get creative and combine them. Have you ever wanted a rocket ship or a fire truck? You can have both! I will help with step-by-step instructions, as well as some templates in the back of this book that you just need to color, cut out, and glue on. And when you have more time, or when everyone wants to create together, there are sidebars entitled You Can Also Do This to add highlights and details to any of these projects. That said, there are a few things you will need (and its likely you already have some of them on hand).
And you can easily boxes for free! The US Post Office has free shipping boxes, and supermarkets and appliance stores have boxes they dont need once the supplies are in. Just ask if you can have one (or a few). Here are some other things youll need, which are most likely already in your kitchen junk drawer: Scissors Pencils Crayons/markers Glue (either stick or good old-fashioned school glue) See? Were off to a great start already! You might have a ruler for measuring off certain projects, but if not, no worries. Just use your index finger. An adult index finger from tip to knuckle is just over 3 inches, so you always have a ruler on hand. (Sorry; couldnt resist.) When you need to cut out certain shapes, such as a circle or square or rectangle, ballpark it.
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