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Cardboard Tabletop Play Castle

May 1, 2014 By Julie 3 Comments

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As part of our Knights and Castles Unit, I knew I wanted to build a castle that the boys could play with throughout the day. There were many lovely castles on pinterest that I used for inspiration (unfortunately none of the links worked). I’d been saving cardboard tubes for weeks. When a sturdy little box arrived in the mail, I knew we’d be able to make a great, usable castle.

Cardboard Play Castle S

Here are the materials I used.

First I cut slits in the long paper towel tubes. Cut the slits at “12 o’clock” and “3 o’clock”.

The slide the tube over the corner. (As I’ve mentioned before, I’m no perfectionist. Don’t waste time measuring. I eyeballed everything and had no problems.)

Do this over all four corners. Then cut two slits in the box to make a door/footbridge.
It should look like this. Yes, my son is using a breast pump as a trumpet. I don’t know what to tell ya.

Then cut eight slits around the top of the turrets. Fold every other tab down and cut it off.

Then let your child decorate. Loopy wanted to get right to playing, so he didn’t do much decorating. He does love these Paint Brush Pens. He doesn’t have to have quite as much fine motor control.

Some of the cardboard scraps turned into shields and swords. I may have even let him use popsicle sticks, an extra tube and some small pebbles to make a catapult. But you can’t prove that…

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Julie is a frazzled mom of three tornadoes. As a dorky second-generation homeschooler, she writes about learning and play, natural living, special needs parenting and matters of the heart. She serves an astounding God that radically saved her.

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