This morning after several instances of rebuilding the garages we had made out of blocks, after a certain someone kept knocking them down, I asked David if he would like to build one out of boxes. This innocent question was followed by a hysterical fit about wanting to make trains out of boxes instead of garages........what can I say, the boy loves his box trains.
After some minor consoling and showing him some pictures of box garages I've found online, he cheered right up and wanted to get straight to work.
I've seen some different ideas for cardboard garages here and here but I really liked this one with all of the interior ramps. Who doesn't love sending a car careening down a hidden ramp only to have it pop out on the other side?
I can name at least two boys who think it's hilarious......
I made ours with two different interior ramps, one garage (a box glued to the inside with a door cut out) and one exterior ramp to get to the parking deck on top. The whole thing only took about an hour to put together and I learned that hot glue guns and cardboard boxes make for much stronger buildings than I would have ever thought possible. I probably could have made it prettier if I'd put more (okay any) planning into it, but the boys wanted the garage to be finished about ten minutes after we started building it and let's face it, they don't care if it's pretty......
A few parking spaces drawn on in permanent marker and they were happy.......
I'd say it was a morning well spent :)
Cute!
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