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The Box Collector.

Boxes are a hot commodity in our household.  Squabbles will be fought and lost (or won depending on the outcome) over really good ones.

One day we saw a box for a large appliance down the street and we were so excited only to get down to the street to discover it had already been pinched. That was a sad day.

Boxes contain not just 4, but  6 or more sides ( chances) to create a world, a room, a closet, a machine, a....anything.I save up boxes for days when we are home bound and they rarely disappoint.

The best boxes have two elements.  Sturdy material and interesting features...


 ...they do not have to stay intact to be good.

It will take a long time for me to break the box collecting habit.

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