Need a new playdate idea? Have you thought about Super Blocks?A set of small moving boxes makes a great play set for peer dates. Between play dates, boxes can be knocked down and tucked away. For just $0.67 each at Home Depot, these boxes provide great entertainment on a playdate and encourage lots of social interaction. Here are just a few of the ways that we use them:
- Build houses, forts, and tunnels!
- Building a tower taller than yourself is cool, and knocking it down is even cooler.
- Make a bean bag toss game. Cut different-shapes holes in each box, and place the boxes around the room. Draw corresponding shapes on index cards. Children draw cards, and have to throw their bean bag into the box with corresponding shape (use a Hula Hoop, carpet square or yarn ring as the base that children have to throw from).
- Make a collaborative building game. Draw structures on index cards. Children draw cards, and have to duplicate the structures with the super blocks.
- Paint them or decorate them.
- Use them as a play table for restaurant, desks for school, etc.
The ideas are endless!
