Children, parents, and providers, join us for the October 2024 Global Cardboard Challenge!

Did you ever think a…
Cardboard box could become a robot…
A paper towel tube could be part of an obstacle course for a pom pom…
A sunglass case could hide treasure?

Join us in reading, Not a Box by Antoinette Portis. This story takes us on a journey of imagination and inspiration. Read, then watch as your children transform household items into the most fun creations!

Not a Box: Read Along!

October’s Activity is the Cardboard Creativity Challenge: Get a Cardboard Box!

Cultivate the 4C’s with the children under your care (Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication)

Pull out a box and discover all of the creative ways to envision cardboard!

BONUS ACTIVITY 
Check out Caine’s Arcade to learn more about the Global Cardboard Challenge at https://cardboard-challenge.com/.

YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING SUPPLIES

• Any type of box (Cereal box, round oatmeal container, tea box – endless possibilities)
• Space to let creativity happen and let it be a work in progress for a day, a week, a month, however long your little one needs.
• Anything you find at home: pom poms, colorful tape, construction paper, paper clips and more!

October’s First Friday Song is a revisit of that fits perfectly with our theme.

Check out: You are a Cardboard Engineer

Dance along with our team as we sing about how you and your child can be cardboard engineers. There’s no failing – you just keep trying new things, new ideas, new possibilities!

And please send us photos of your little one at work, or their final product. Email us at eceresourcecenter@crystalstairs.org if we can share the imaginative cardboard box creations you and your little ones brought to life!