All Activities Issue - Boxes & Blocks: Tunnel Vision Children
will love painting, creating, and crawling through their own
tunnel. - Grades: PreK–K, 1–2 - Medium- to large-size cardboard
boxes. - Tempera paint - Plastic containers for paint (margarine
tubs, large yogurt containers) - Large paintbrushes - Newspaper
or drop cloth Objective: Children will develop gross motor
skills and engage in activities that promote physical exercise
as they create and explore tunnels made of boxes. In Advance:
Collect five medium- to large-size cardboard boxes. Cut open the
bottom section of each box to create a second opening for
children to crawl through. - Take children, along with the
boxes, outdoors. Display all the boxes you have collect and
invite children to count them with you. Explain that they will
paint the boxes and make them into a tunnel. - Invite children
to work in pairs as you prepare the activity. Lay the newspaper
or a plastic drop cloth underneath each box and place the boxes
so the opened sections face