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I am very excited to be joining a group of awesome ladies to bring you one recycled material idea per month this year!
We kick off Project: Recycle & Create with cardboard boxes. For our little activity I have decided to share something rather simple that brings hours of pretend play to my 4 year old. A little cardboard mobile phone!
To make you will need a bit of flat cardboard, a marker and a scissors to cut.
Make a fold in your cardboard and draw the shape of the phone, then cut out. We made a matching pair.
Fold along the fold and trim the bits that stick over so that the phone will fold nicely together.
Draw numbers and other phone looking decor on the cardboard phone, then go have some pretend play fun!
I received a lot of messages and phone calls during the day we made this, a certain little boy enjoyed phoning his mommy, brother and sister. <3
This post is apart of the Project: Recycle and Create with co-hosts:
- P is for Preschooler
- Afterschool for Smarty Pants
- Still Playing School
- Lemon Lime Adventures
- Creative World of Varya
- Mama Miss
- There’s Just One Mommy
- Little Bins for Little Hands
- Peakle Pie
- Sugar Aunts
- Teach Me Mommy
- Danya Banya
Have a cardboard post? Link up below!
Emma says
I love this! It’s so simple and much cheaper than buying a pretend phone. I’m glad he had so much fun with it!
Mel says
This is a great idea for fire safety month to practice dialing 911!