Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Cheap Thrills -- Cardboard Box Edition

For a fun time, place a preschooler inside a large cardboard box.


On the box, draw eyes, a nose, and mouth. It helps if it looks angry. Pretend to eat things!! Nom nom nom! Pajamas were just the beginning.... this box was hungry!


(Burp!) On to The New Yorker..... Oh no.... he can't be stopped!


The teddy bear? Seriously?? Have you no mercy????


Clara thought this was hysterical, but she was standing so close I thought she was going to end up being dessert! Thank goodness this terrifying beast didn't resort to gobbling her up.

Emily, however, was not so lucky.

30 comments:

Mark said...

Dear Valerie,

OM NOM NOM NOM NOM!!

Love,
Mark

Packer Family said...

So Fun and how did you do that with your pictures? that is so cool!

Susan said...

LOL!! Love the idea and the adorable blogging about it.

Christy Killoran said...

That was hysterical! I had to call my kids to come see it and they loved it. They want a monster box of their own!

Calina said...

This was great! You look like you have so much fun with your kids! What wonderful memories you are giving them!

maryanne said...

Hilarious!

I'd also love to know, how did you do that with your photos?

The Activity Mom said...

Ha ha that is so funny and so cute. That puts a new spin on cardboard box fun! Love it

Lenetta said...

I'm thinking Mom was having as much fun as the little ones? Love the action photos!

Anna said...

Cool trick with the pix. I bet the girls had a lot of fun with that.

Petula said...

That's pretty funny! I know they got a kick outta looking at the pictures of the monster box eating. How did you do that with the pictures? Very cool.

Lisa Anne said...

LOL that is hilarious. OMG your kids are so lucky. I think my son would laugh so hard doing that at age 9 that he'd probably pee his pants. My kitten loves boxes, she'd have a blast too.

How the heck did you get the photos to do that?

Valerie @ Inner Child Fun said...

The photos were saved as animated .gifs using The Gimp (open source software). We love the Gimp!

Jessica said...

So adorable!!

momandkiddo said...

Hilarious!

Sherry said...

I think we should stop buying our kids Christmas gifts and just invest in BOXES :)! Too cute the face on the box, I bet your kids had a blast!! Love the pictures too!

Iamredeemed said...

That was cool! Thanks for sharing :)

Anonymous said...

That's awesome! I'm going to show my husband this post because I know he'll also think it's hilarious!

Nancy M. said...

Very funny animation! Boxes are more fun that bought toys a lot of the time.

Melanie @ Whimsical Creations said...

LOL! That is just to funny!

Sherry Gann said...

Now this is fun! :)

Night Owl Mama said...

lol mY son was scared I had to back up to the first picture and show him that your daughter climbed inside

Stephanie Griffith said...

Oh that's fantastic! I love it! I am going to have to show that one to my girls tomorrow when they wake up. They would love that.

Cindy said...

I agree with the rest of the comments. That was so awesome. Can't wait to show Drew tomorrow morning.

Val in the Rose Garden said...

LOVE IT! Omgoodness... Emiliy being eaten made me laugh out loud... (not just post it. lol...)

Val

annies home said...

you are so right cardboard boxes can provide hours of entertainment and so much fun

Mandy said...

oh come on! now you are just showing off!!

Valerie @ Inner Child Fun said...

@ mandy -- Yeah, we love showing off with our fancy cardboard box technology. ;-)

Jenny said...

That is incredible.

Mama King said...

Hahaha! Loved the parting shot.

Boxes for moving said...

haha! love this post!

Very creative of you :) what a way to recycle removal boxes etc

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