Scratch that . . . Here’s the newest, best toy ever
I know it’s the one blog you’ve been waiting for!!! The big reveal of the best-est toy ever! Drum roll please. . .
A BIG BOX!
Yes truly the cheapest, most imagination provoking, and easily recycled toys!
It never fails. You buy your child a really cool, expensive present, and what do they do . . . they play more with the box it came in than the toy itself. Go fig.
None the less I’ve come to find that appliance stores are more than willing to give you their boxes if you ask them to save some for you. My kids find it a blast to play “jack-in-the-box” and then they really start using their imagination. Then we bust out the crayons and markers and let them draw murals all over it. Eventually it gets turned upside down and we cut a door and windows out and now it’s a castle. By the fourth or fifth day it ends up with at least four blankets propped up around it to make a huge fort that takes up the whole room. The possibilities for a plain old cardboard box are endless.
And here’s the best part, when the kids break it or loose interest in it, you just fold it up and shove it in the recycling bin! 
I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and enjoy every moment you spend with your family and friends!
