Cardboard Box City

Cereal boxes become apartment buildings, painter’s tape becomes roads, and the living room becomes a city.

Time: 60 min
Age: 4–12 years
Energy: Medium
Where: At home

A box city is a building project for the whole family: houses, a store, a fire station, a park, and roads for toy cars in between. Deciding where everything goes – and why the bakery should be near the houses – is planning and problem-solving in its most playful form.

The steps are in the app

Step-by-step instructions, tips and an easier and a harder version are waiting in the Hopsa app – along with 300 more ideas matched to your kids’ ages.

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