Today, Everett said to me, “Mom, can we order something to come in the mail?"
I responded with, "What do you need, buddy?"
"Mom, can we get a really, really big package?" he replied.
"Well, what do you think you need, Everett?" I responded.
"Mom, I really, really, really need a new cardboard box to play with,” Everett said.
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Cardboard boxes bring my kids more joy than most things do. They have provided hours of entertainment for my children in a way no toy ever has. The good/bad thing about cardboard boxes is that they don't last, so every cardboard box that arrives provides a new opportunity, but mostly at our house, they end up being a vessel to go to outer space.
Give my kids a cardboard box to go on a journey to the moon and a colander as a space helmet, and they are ecstatic.
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"Mom, can I wear my skirt in the rocket?"
"Mom, there's a bear named Cambria in our rocket."
"Mom, can we send Cambria to outer space all by herself?"
"Mom, can I read books to Cambria in our rocket?"
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Books we enjoyed to go with our cardboard spaceship and rocket, most of which I checked out from the library:
- Lana's World: Let's Go to the Moon (about a girl who goes to the moon in her cardboard box, so a favorite of Everett's)
- On the Launch Pad
- Zoom Rocket Zoom
- The Best Book of Spaceships
- Magic Tree House: Midnight on the Moon (a chapter book Everett enjoyed)
- I Want to be an Astronaut
- The Ultimate Book of Space (this is a space pop up book that is one of our favorites)
- Waiting is Not Easy (an Elephant and Piggie book we love)
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