Cardboard carnival

Well...the cardboard arcade is upon us! We are in our second round of games. Take a look at these amazing games and all of the smiling faces! The idea of taking cardboard boxes and turning them into amazing carnival games...games that our students play then at our school carnival...making money for books and computers and all those things we have a hard time buying due to budget cuts...is simply amazing. This year's games outdo anything we have seen... and all our kiddos need is a bit of…

Back in 2012, Caine Monroy of Caine's Arcade visited the Exploratorium at the Palace of Fine Arts. In July, 14-year-old Caine returned to our new home and built cardboard arcade games with us during our Infinite Versatility of Cardboard event. For the day, we invited visitors to build cardboard games alongside Caine. The arcade was adjacent to the Tinkering Studio, spilling out onto the museum floor in the center of the day's activity.

You don't even have to be outside for this fun, safe and recycled ring toss game! Learn how to make one yourself with "Teach Me Mommy."

Baskets from Dollar Tree (around Easter time)

Here's a STEM challenge that kids will love! Challenge kids to design and build their own working carnival games out of cardboard boxes.

Step-by-step guide to make it this tic tac toe arcade game from your home.

After we built our jump for hot wheels cars out of a diaper box, my husband had the idea to use the same basic design to make a homemade skee ball game! Aidan (turning 10 this month) thought that was a great idea. Over the July 4th weekend, they worked together to turn a computer […]

Turn cardboard boxes into creative diy projects today! Find out how to use cardboard boxes for kids games and activities beautifully RIGHT HERE!

Tattoo Booth...something the kids be in charge of at the relay!!