Ms. Sara's Preschool Blog: Boxes Week

Friday, January 22, 2016

Boxes Week

Since we have a short week this week and we also have a ton of boxes, I figured it was time to put them to good use. A big thank you to all my box collectors! Welcome to box week!

Cereal Box Jet Packs - First the kiddos designed the control panel of their jet packs. Next they added flames out of the bottom. Then they tried them on and blasted off!

This is a teacher intensive activity with a lot of prep work, but it was fun and the kiddos LOVE their jet packs. So totally worth the extra time.

I made this control panel sheet on Word...

Ahead of time I cut holes in the bottom of the cereal boxes and taped the tp tubes in. Then I shored up the boxes with extra packing tape. I also should have put on the straps, but I wanted the kiddos to choose their colors so I did that real time.

Here are the duct tape straps. I found several different versions of this project online, I like the duct tape straps best.

Nutella? - I was telling the kiddos what the different kinds of nuts were that we had left over from Nn week to crack . We had: walnut, almonds, Brazilian nuts and hazel nuts. With the hazel nuts I asked if anyone had eaten Nutella, then told them hazel nuts and chocolate make up Nutella.

A couple kiddos set to work trying to create some of their own Nutella. They cracked all the hazel nuts and then asked for some chocolate, I pulled out milk chocolate chips. Then they mushed those together ... and taadaa! Nutella for everyone!

Trash Trucks - The preschool was given 3 wonderful trash trucks and boy were they a hit today! We needed trash for our truck to carry, so we crumpled up bits of paper.

Cereal Box Stacking And Crashing! - Oh, so much fun! The kiddos greatly enjoyed stacking the boxes and then kicking or punching them down. The boxes stack a bit precariously, so they take more care but they stack tall much quicker than blocks.