The Cardboard Box Book


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Offers craft projects children can create with cardboard boxes, including making a playhouse, giant dice, and a princess castle.




Something in a Cardboard Box


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What to Do with a Box


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Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses. Reviews -Booklist, November 2021 “A Box! A box is a wonder indeed. The only such magic that you’ll ever need.” This book offers gentle suggestions for what to do with a cardboard box, from the practical to the fantastical and from solitary to social.”




51 Things to Make with Cardboard Boxes (Crafty Makes)


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Crafty Makes is perfect for anyone with a creative, crafty streak, eager to put their skills to task on recyclable materials in the home. 51 Things to Make With Cereal Boxes transforms cereal boxes into monsters, robots and much more. These are perfect activities for parents and children to do together and feature a well-balanced mix of techniques, materials, colours and styles for a range of ages.




Cardboard Box Engineering


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Cardboard is everywhere! For creative kids aged 9 to 14, it’s the perfect eco-friendly building material, and Cardboard Box Engineering is the perfect guide to get them started on inventive tinkering. A working kaleidoscope, a marble roller coaster, a robotic hand, and a wind-powered tractor with cardboard gears are just some of the ingenious projects developed by Jonathan Adolph, author of the best-selling Mason Jar Science. Working with simple household tools, kids can follow the step-by-step photographic instructions to exercise their design smarts, expand their 3-D thinking, and learn the basics of physics and engineering with activities that have real-life applications.




Out of the Box


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From castles to animal masks, pirate ships, and even dinosaurs! You will be amazed at how much you can do with a simple cardboard box. A DIY projects book for kids that use recycling as a way to build creativity, imagination, and interactive play for kids aged 7-12. It features clear step-by-step instructions and detailed photographic explanations that will inspire imaginative minds. The sky is the limit with Out Of The Box! This book is designed to help kids learn and play. They will learn about the idea of upcycling and reusing materials that otherwise would be thrown away. This book has 25 brilliant projects for them to choose from. Detailed instructions and photographs along with colorful inspiration sheets will delight and inspire for hours of endless fun. Out Of The Box will help kids develop their creativity and imagination through interactive play, and inspire them to find a thousand more projects to build. Think Out Of The Box! A box is just a box, right? Wrong! It could be a pirate ship, a butterfly, or a family of penguins! Out of the box will encourage kids to see a cardboard box as more than junk. Kids can build their imaginations and creative skills by reusing household cardboard. Learn to build and decorate a range of projects to share, wear, and play with. This educational book will show kids how to: - Develop cardboard skills - Build a castle, city and pirate ship - Design penguins, butterflies, and rabbits - Create games like ring toss - Produce wearables like Pharaoh’s finery and masks - Decorate funky flowers and lazy lizards - And much, much more! DK is all about inspiring young minds, teaching them new skills and expanding their knowledge, imaginations, and perspectives. Help them to realize their true potentials by adding to your DK collection today. Awards Book category winner of the Creative Play Award 2017




The Life of a Little Cardboard Box


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Have you ever wondered what happens to a cardboard box when you no longer need it? This lovely bedtime story helps children understand how and why we should recycle our cardboard.




Once I Was a Cardboard Box...but Now I'm a Book About Polar Bears


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With this fantastic earth-friendly book, kids get two unforgettable stories at the same time—one about polar bears and one about recycling! Fun facts, quirky illustrations, and cute photographs take kids into the exciting world of the polar bear in this informative and earth-friendly book. Kids will learn everything from how polar bears hunt and how wide their paws are to where they live and what they eat in this unique look at one of the world's most beloved endangered species. Also, a side panel on each page tells the story of how this book was made from the recycled paper of a cardboard box, teaching children the process of recycling and showing them what they can do to save the planet—and the polar bears! Going green has never been a bigger issue, and with this book—made of recycled material—kids get to help save the planet and the polar bears by putting into practice what they've just learned!




Boxitects


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"Meg goes to Maker School to hone her talent for building with boxes, but when Simone, another boxitect, arrives they become so competitive they nearly fail in the annual Maker Match." --




Unboxed


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A fun kids craft book all about the creative adventures you can have with cardboard boxes.