Detergent Box Blocks – Free for children to make

April 18, 2009 by admin
Filed under Kids Crafts

All kids love building, and making things. Lego and other blocks can be expensive, so what better than a free alternative that allows children a lot more freedom of creativity.

What you need:

Empty Laundry detergent Container (square or rectangle)
Masking Tape
Adhesive Book Covering (colored or patterned)

Note: if you don’t have any adhesive book covering, let your little ones get creative and colour the blocks in with texters, paint them, cover with some coloured clothe, or even coloued paper!

Be sure to wipe the detergent boxes out with a clean clothe until all traces of washing powder are gone. After they are clean, tape the lids closed with maskig tape. before tapeing closed you could consider whether you want to make the boxes heavier. For older children this is probably a good idea. For very younge children, be sure not to make them so heavy that they become a hazard if they were to fall on a small childs head. You can make them heavier by adding sand or another kind of safe material that is not a choking hazard.

Most parents go through a lot of washing powder! So your children can add new blocks to their collection regularily.

Children love these blocks to build castles, houses, fences, or to see how high they can stack them before they fall down. Younger children will probably enjoy kocjing down a tower of blocks that you set up for them.

The possibilities are endless really, and you can let your childrens imagination run wild!