I pulled off a great parenting feat today: my kids voluntarily played happily together "unplugged" from their electronic devices for over an hour without any fighting. It was creative, original, messy play.
How did I do it? I gave them a box of trash to play with.
In fact, I keep a largish stash of bits that could have gone into the recycling but that seemed to have potential for creative constructive play, and these items can get pulled out when the kids want to make stuff. Today I added a box of newly cut scraps of foam board ... and Voila!
I love how the box can be more fun that what came in it, and this is the same idea. :)
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