Preschool pizza box games

Pizza boxes are such a wonderful resource for the classroom.  I am constantly cutting one up to see what kind of game or activity I can make with it…

I don’t always have a specific plan for each box. I like to make them all different then set out different types of tokens, like the tokens we gather on math day,  or other items like cardboard rectangles. The first box I am sharing with you today is a cardboard slot box…

To go with the slot box, I cut up card board rectangles then painted one side of each rectangle just to add some color. The children put the cardboard pieces in the little slots on the box…

For this next box, I cut little doors and hot glued lids on the front for “door knobs”.  I set out lids that match the lids on the box for the children to sort. This is one of their favorite boxes…

Some children just put the lids in any door they like – others take the time to find the matching door…

I also made a game box using Velcro and foam blocks. These are the same blocks I used to make ink stamps with earlier this year.  For this game, the children can make patterns with the blocks or simply arrange the blocks on the pizza box and then drop some of the blocks inside the holes.  This is also a favorite game the children enjoy…

Next time, I will just use velcro and possibly include one hole. What the children liked most was putting the blocks on the velcro.  Oh, and I hot glued the Velcro on both the box and the foam blocks so the the Velcro would stick on better and last longer…

And this last game box I am going to share with you today is a weaving game box.  I cut slits in the box and set out ribbon for the children to weave through the slits…

I will definitely be making more weaving boxes.  I got in a little hurry with this one so my lines are all crooked and I made the spaces to wide too.  I would also like to make a square slotted weaving box…

My students liked tying the ribbons into knots around the weaving box too. Perhaps this should be called the weaving and knot tying box…

Before cutting into any of the boxes, I covered them with colorful contact paper I bought from Staples Office Supply.  I store the supplies for each box in a baggy and tuck the baggies inside the boxes when they are not in use. They all stack up nicely when I need to put them away.  These boxes will be brought out periodically for the children to explore.  We will use them to build fine motor skills and math skills such as patterning, sorting, and matching. I will share more boxes at a later time but this should give you the idea and perhaps will inspire you to come up with some of your own!

Any thoughts on this you care to share?  Leave me a comment below!

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Deborah J Stewart

Deborah J Stewart

Every time I think I know everything I need to know about teaching young children, God says, "Hold on a minute!" and gives me a new challenge.

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