Having just moved in the last couple of months I had some boxes sitting around and we decided to make castles for the boys knights and horses. As you can see from the photos the boys castles vary in skill level you can tell which one the three year old made compared to the five year old – but they were both happy with the finished product.

These were inspired by the book Recycled Crafts Box by Laura C. Martin. We didn’t follow the instructions but more looked at the picture and each boy interpreted what they saw to their ability. This is a great book and I may provide a review for it in a later post once my boys and I have tried some more of the ideas in it.