Have a few cardboard boxes lying around? Me too.

Let’s put these “free” activity supplies to good use.

My garage officially looks like an online warehouse. I can either drown in my online boxes… or put them to use!

I choose the latter (notice that stopping my online ordering was not an option).

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Cardboard box activities are the absolute best

There’s nothing I love more than when a cardboard box gets repurposed moment. These are an activity gold mine, just waiting for their day in the sun.

Cardboard boxes should always get a second look whether you have a 12 month old or a 12 year old.

Cardboard boxes can be just about anything you or your child wants them to be and how could we love them anymore?

What will you find in this list of cardboard box activities?

Friends, you will find the best of the best but also, the simplest of the simplest.

This activity list was PERFECTLY curated (pat on my back) with activities that we can set up easily, have some fun, and get the kids imagining with their boxes.

Some of these activities do need a little bit of extra work to get them started – maybe a minute or two – but I’m fine with that. Time spent getting a cardboard box activity together is time well spent.

There’s magic to be had in these cardboard boxes – let’s get to it!

Below you’ll find incredible cardboard box activities for kids of all ages. Click through for posts on my blog and other blogs (my friends!) from around the Internet.

Here. We. Go.

1. Box Road – Busy Toddler

2. Stuffed Animal House – Toddler Approved

3. Drive and Drop – Days with Grey

4. Car Garage Number Matching – Keep Toddlers Busy

5. Painted Box Cake – Busy Toddler

6. Cardboard Box Car – Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls

7. DIY Paint Palette – Play Teach Repeat

8. Fish Sewing Board – Happy Tot Shelf

1. Cardboard Box Paint – Toddler Approved

2. Truck Painting – Happily Ever Mom

3. Extreme Box Decorating – Busy Toddler

4. Pizza Box Easels – Play Teach Repeat

5. Shaving Cream Box Decorating – Days with Grey

6. Baby Toddler Painting in a Box – Hello Wonderful

7. Build a Ball Track – Frugal Fun for Boys and Girls

8. Giant Tape Resist Art – Busy Toddler

1. Sorting Drop Box – Busy Toddler

2. Giant Nail Salon – Happy Toddler Playtime

3. Kid-Made Recycled Maze – Hello Wonderful

4. Hot Wheels Race Tack – Frugal Fun 4 Boys and Girls

5. Counting to 100 – Busy Toddler

6. Hammering Numbers – Happily Ever Mom

7. Cardboard Ball Ramp – Busy Toddler

8. Feed the Shark – Toddler Approved