Cardboard Bricks

For the past few months one of the boys favorite toys has been cardboard bricks. Their favorite thing to build with them are sheds (garages) for their cars and trucks. They also build the occassional house or castle. But what I love most is that they have provided lots of imaginative play and hands-on learning opportunities. The other day they used the bricks to see how tall the three of us were. They especially loved to see how tall the bricks were compared to how tall Momma was. They kept adding more bricks and calling me over to see where it was height wise on my body. We also learned that Ehric is two blocks taller than Aiden.

When they make a house or shed, they use their matchbox cars or little people and make up stories. Sometimes I will listen in on their fantasy world to see what they are saying. Since they are big into the Cars movie right now they sometimes make race tracks and have races around the bricks. Other times they retell parts of the Cars movie.

The other day the boys and I made an aluminum foil bridge and they have added that into their play with the bricks. I love that for the most part they play cooperatively with the bricks. But unfortunately the boys have discovered that cardboard bricks make a great weapon to hit our brother with. Then the bricks get put off limits for a while. Fortunately, that doesn't happen too often.