If you have a couple of hours a box cutter and a big cardboard box, you can have a lot of fun creating a little house with your kid(s).
The Flickr set can give you some inspiration.
In short: Take off the flaps of the box; cut out an upside J for the door on one side; don’t forget a little upside U about half height for a door handle; cut an I with serifs ;-) as Window that can be opened and closed in another side.
That is all that is needed and the fun continues with coloring, decoration, coming to visit, …
Try it out and let me know how it came out.
Picture taken by Mark & Marie Finnern.
Oh and here is the slideshow of the set:
Here and there I would love to add some text to the slideshow would be nice. You have to go to the actual set for that.
Is this an American problem? We have not even moved in yet, but it seems we outgrew our new house already. If you have a bigger box, let me know, or we built an extension.