Thing of the Week - Creative Junk

As part of the launch of 50 Things in Southwark, we are focusing on 1 of the 50 activities in this amazing app. Next is ‘Creative Junk’.

Fire up your child’s imagination using large and smaller boxes to create a fire engine, a car or a ship! Transform your box by encouraging your child to look at the detail of vehicles such as lorries and rockets and draw or paint them. Smaller boxes could be used to stick to the bigger box to transform it.

Don’t have a large box? Don’t worry, you can still use smaller pieces of ‘junk’ to create exciting and imaginative things. Let your child take the lead and make whatever they like. You might be surprised with what they come up!

For more information on this activity including how to do it, the benefits, top tips and resources, download the free 50 Things app from Google Play or the Apple Store.