Games
Cardboard Construction
Children use interlocking cardboard pieces to design and build creative structures. This game enhances spatial awareness, problem-solving, and imaginative thinking.
Materials
- Different Shapes of Cardboard Pieces
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Checklist
- Did the kids make a fixed stable structure ?
- where the cardboard pieces getting attached wit each other?
how to play
Divide the children into groups of 2–3. Start by telling a short story, such as imagining they are architects building a town for tiny creatures or a space station on another planet, to spark creativity. Give each group interlocking cardboard pieces and explain that they can design and build any type of structure they like. Encourage them to experiment with different combinations and shapes, making adjustments if something doesn’t fit or is unstable. If children have difficulty coming up with ideas, give hints such as: What shapes can fit together? How can you make your structure taller or stronger? Can you add creative details to your design? Make sure each child has enough time to participate, explore, and play with their finished structures.
Challanges
- Fit the cardboard together so that they connect with each other to make different buildings.
- Get children to connect the pieces/lock them at different angles and ways.
Questions to be asked
- What do you think will happen if we change the size or shape of the pieces? Will it still be able to slot and create a structure?
- Can you create a story or scene with the structures you have built?