Romper Room flashback 2

So now that we’re on the downhill side of this journey I’m trying really hard not to accumulate more junk (toys mostly) that we won’t be able to lug back home with us. We’ve done a lot of crafts lately, which the boys thoroughly enjoy, and then on our way home for the closest grocery store the other day I had a brainstorm. We always walk back to the apt. along the back of the store since it brings us directly to the building where our apt. is. One of the store

workers was just throwing a HUGE pile of folded boxes into what appears to be the cardboard trash bin. I took two identical ones off the top and carried those home along with our groceries. Skip of course what I wanted them for, and I said ‘What do you mean? They’re toys.” “Oh” he said, clearly not understanding. I left it at that. Within 10 minutes they were just having the best time with the boxes – hiding in them, rocking in them, stacking, etc. Later that nite I took the paints out and told them we were going to turn them into cars. Remembering my Romper Room years (yes, really showing my age here) We painted the side of the boxes to look like a car. Skip did a regular old car, and Harry’s became a police car.

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For the last four days they have been running finding more ways than you'd believe, using those boxes!

Last night we added a new dimension. On our way backfrom the grocery store, again, we grabbed a few more boxes. This time we started to build a cardboard house. Since we have few choices for adhesives, it's more than a little crude, but they think it's great. Today we added a few more boxes and started on the roof. They insist it has to have one, so...We only got enough for part of the roof, so tomorrow, you know where we'll be headed.. And then of course they said it HAD to be painted. Again, pretty crude, but it works for them...and for me...and my sanity!

Just goes to show, you don’t have to spend any money, you just need to get your hands and nails encrusted with paint to make two boys happy.