Monster Box

We're having a little taste of winter this week and are enjoying about 10 inches of perfect powdery snow. My kiddos can only stay out in the cold for so long before we must retreat into the warmth of the house. I don't want my little monsters sitting in front of the TV all day so we had to come up with some new things to do. Gray quickly retreats to his own space creating all kinds of things with his Legos. Ash is a little tougher to entertain. He's completely obsessed with monsters right now so I thought I would make him a monster box.
To make your own you will need:

• empty box (mine is a garbage bag box that came with a big opening for the perfect monster mouth)
• wrapping paper
• buttons
• cotton circles cut into triangle teeth (the kind you use to remove eye make-up or nail polish)
• household supplies: tape, scissors, and glue

First ,I wrapped the box just the way I would a present.

Second, I poked a hole where the opening in the box underneath the wrapping paper was.

Next, I cut the paper away from the opening and that was the monster mouth.

While I worked on the mouth Asher picked out the colors of buttons he wanted.

Then Asher helped me glue the buttons on for eyes. His little hands were better at squeezing the glue than I had expected. Oops!

I glued on the teeth because I wasn't sure how that would turn out. Thankfully, it turned out just fine because Ash was really excited about the teeth.

The hardest part was waiting for it to dry. So far Ash's monster really loves to eat cars.

*Your monster could love to eat items to go with your letter of the week, the season, certain numbers or colors of things. This monster could eat lots of educational things. Let me know what you come up with!