Chalk and Boxes

Chalk and boxes, who would have thought! Its so funny how easy it is to entertain children, it seems like the best toys are those that are simple and require just a bit of imagination and little to no money, thank goodness. One of the best one dollar investments I have ever made was sidewalk chalk from the $1 section at Target. Madeline loves the stuff, and I think its pretty fun too! She loves to write all over everything and I think its great because it wipes right off! Then after you wipe off all the chalk, just give the kid an empty box and she will be entertained for the rest of the day.

Best free toy ever, an empty box. This one is from Maddies car seat. Daniel cut a window on one side and a door with a little finger hole door knob. She loves it! She likes to close the door and sit for a few seconds and when the dog sniffs at the door to find her she jumps out at him, it is so cute!

She also likes to sit in it and decorate the inside with crayon. I do have to check in on her every once in a while because she has a small taste for waxy crayons.

Here she is trying to get her door shut. If you look carefully, Daniel is in the box too. He is such a big kid.

Here are a few pics of my little chalk artist making a mess.

Here she is on my sisters porch, she likes to decorate all surfaces, sidewalks, walls, columns you name it.

Again on my sisters porch, she gets very focused while she is "working".

On our front porch back in May.