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What Can I Do with a Cardboard Box?

Series: What Can I Do
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What Can I Do with a Cardboard Box? by James Maclaine is teeming with creative and fun ideas for children. The book explores the limitless possibilities of transforming an ordinary cardboard box into imaginative playthings and projects. It encourages creativity and resourcefulness in young readers by turning simple materials into delightful inventions and adventures.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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You might enjoy this creative and engaging children's book if you love transforming everyday objects into fantastic creations. It's perfect for sparking imagination and providing hours of inventive activities for young explorers.

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Ingenious things to make and do with old cardboard boxes and packaging.
Discover brilliant new uses for all sorts of cardboard boxes with this inspiring collection of things to make and do.Build your own mini village, turn tissue boxes into monsters and roll up chunky beads from bold and bright packaging. Put bridges and ramps to the test, investigate how you can make an empty box strong enough for you to sit on and see what happens when you roll a marble in the lid of a shoebox with some paint. And if you follow the simple step-by-step instructions, any big cereal box can become an amazing 3D model of the Solar System.- Encourages imagination and creativity- Every project is devised with safe, child-friendly methods - no craft knives required!

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  • What Can I Do with a Cardboard Box?
    Ingenious things to make and do with old cardboard boxes and packaging. Discover brilliant new uses for all sorts of cardboard boxes with this inspiring collection of things to make and do.Build your own mini village, turn tissue boxes into monsters and roll up chunky beads from bold and bright packaging. Put bridges and ramps to the test, investigate how...
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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781805310037

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 06 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Harriet Noble
  • Illustrated by Erin Wallace

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 5.0mm

Width: 217.0mm

Height: 276.0mm

Weight: 260g

Pages: 48

About the Author

James Maclaine has written books about meerkats, general knowledge and manners, come up with countless drawing, doodling and colouring ideas, and devised puzzles and things to do for a range of activity books. His Junior Illustrated Thesaurus is the book that he wishes he'd had as a child.

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