I let the kids go to town with the most recent box’s packing paper. First they wrapped themselves up in it.
Emma managed to produce some high fashion runway-ready outfits. Don’t you think this belongs on a catwalk in Paris, Milan, or New York?
I’m pretty sure Lily started the grand finale: tearing all the paper into little tiny bits. They said they were making a dinosaur. I never could tell what made it a dinosaur, but they had a blast!
Cost-benefit analysis:
- Prep: Handing over the paper
- Initial entertainment: 45 minutes
- Clean-up: 15 minutes with the kids helping
- Cost: Free!
- Lasting value: Sibling bonding, happy faces, and creative play
MaryAnne is a craft loving educator, musician, photographer, and writer who lives in Silicon Valley with her husband Mike and their four children.
Oh, Emma’s fashion pic is adorable! Lily in that last picture is funny. She looks like she is having a blast! She looks like such a fun baby Mary Anne.
I just had a whole roll of packing paper that would have been perfect for this! And yes, Emma could totally walk the catwalk!
What is it about the cheap stuff that kids love so much? Looks like fun.
Very frugal! Next time I’ll get wrapping paper I’ll try it out.
What a great way to play! Beats plastic toys.
It really is the little things! You always take the best pics! :)
So fun! And great photos!
I agree packing paper is the best.
And, I have a little pieces of paper kid here too…….
So much fun!!!! They look like they’re having a blast!
Oh that looks so much fun, I’d quite like to have a go myself! :)