If you've got a box, you've got it made! With step-by-step instructions and hundreds of illustrations, this book can help kids transform a cardboard box into a puppet theater, super fort, robot costume, sports car, miniature golf game, musical box band, and much more. It's a fun lesson in recycling and creativity that kids will love! Reprint of Build It With Boxes, Kids Can Press, Toronto, 1991.
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