Fun-in-a-Box!

What You Do:

1. Help him measure the red paper so that it will cover all sides of the cardboard box. Ask him to cut a piece of paper to fit each side.
2. Have him take the cardboard box and glue the red paper to each side, to make it look like a real fun-in-a-box. Have him trim any excess paper, and let it dry.
3. If the box doesn't have an opening, cut one using the scissors, so that one side of the box folds back to reveal the inside.
4. Now, encourage him to find or create anything he wants to go inside the box! Using white paper and markers or crayons, he can draw anything he wants. Suggest that he creates his own versions of Thing 1 and Thing 2, or uses his stuffed animals as models for different creatures.
5. Invite him to cut out each drawn image and place it in his fun-in-a-box!

Try reading The Cat in the Hat together, and having him act out the fun-in-a-box scene as the Cat in the Hat himself. Urge him to also devise his own stories using his homemade fun-in-a-box.