Cardboard box street

You’ve heard of thinking outside the box, well now you can make a whole cardboard box street! Construct it by creating buildings like banks, greengrocers, and bakeries. Once it’s complete, get trading with your friends!

• Take a large cardboard box and open it out flat — this will be your shop front.
• Tape some small constructed cardboard boxes to the back to provide support so that your shop will stand up.
• Carefully cut windows into the front using scissors.
• Draw a shop name and sign, and maybe even some of your shop’s window displays too. Be as creative as you like.
• You can place all the things you need, such as fruit and vegetables, coins, baked treats etc, inside and outside of your shop.
• You can even make some special items out of more boxes, like a bank safe.
• Once you’re ready, invite people over and see what they buy.

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