Crafting by not a very crafty mum - disco box

Ahh... cardboard boxes. Where would I be without you?

The Finns stick their baby in a box, so I did too.

Saw this idea ages ago, but was mainly inspired by the children's centres in Oxford. They had home made light sensory toys at their stay and play sessions. It's such a shame many of these sessions have now gone due to funding cuts. They were amazing sources of support and inspiration.

This took a few minutes to set up and both my boys like it!

First step, is to poke holes in your box. I've been reading a book about bringing up boys and it inspired me to let Little E loose with some scissors! He likes demolition, so I thought this would be great for him.

Watching Little E stab at the box was tough for me. Instinctively I just want to keep telling him to be careful, but instead we chatted before about being safe with scissors and I let him go. My book said how much boys value being trusted and I wanted to show him I trusted him.

And we both survived intact. He loved making all the holes and he was a lot more careful than I thought he would be.

Then I stuck our LED fairy lights in the top.

Little E had wandered off, but when he came back he said "wow!". He stuck his head in the box and played around with the light settings. "I want it fast, mummy!" I also put my head in to make sure the lights weren't too bright. Little E was so proud when I told him we'd made it for Little A and gleeful when I showed him photos of him inside.

Little E won't let me turn the lights off now! Good thing Little A is enjoying it!