Introduction

Part 1: Make Your Own Boxes

Shape a Box

Make a Small Box

More Ideas Using Geometric Shapes

Make Boxes from Cards

Make an Origami Box

Fantastic Worlds

Part 2: Surprise in a Box

Make a Hungry Fish

Transform a Television into a Robot

Pop-ups in a Box

Make a Tropical Rain Forest in the Moonlight

More Dioramas

Part 3: Fun and Games

Mini-Golf

Make Your Own Penny Carnival

Make Two Clubhouses with a Box Message System

Wiggle and Jump Your Way Through an Obstacle Course

Part 4: Boxes You Can Wear

Make an Airplane

Make Your Own Triceratops

Make a Sports Car

Make a Tin Man

Make a Moon Suit

Part 5: Let's Put On a Show

Make a Popping Monster Puppet

Wiggle a Pig's Nose

Make an Elephant Mask

Make Your Own Musical Box Band

Make a Medieval Castle Theatre

Make a Shadow Theatre

Stages

Large Stage Sets and Props

If you've got a box, you've got it made! With step-by-step instructions and hundreds of illustrations, this book can help kids transform a cardboard box into easy-to-make playthings—and teach them firsthand about recycling. Start with the basics: a box and an imagination. Tissue boxes, cereal boxes, corrugated boxes, and cardboard boxes can all be put to good use. Then just follow directions for dozens of projects.
The possibilities are endless! Thinking beyond the box, kids can make a puppet stage, sports car, propeller airplane, robot, tin man costume, moon suit, giant dragon, miniature golf game, musical box band, and much more. It all adds up to enjoying a fun day in an earth-friendly way—a creative, environmental lesson that kids will love!

Joan Irvine is a popular children's book author and full-time teacher who lives in Ontario, Canada. Her award-winning "pop-up" books have been sold all over the world.
Linda Hendry is an award-winning illustrator who lives in Ontario.