Small Box Crafts: Dioramas, Doll Rooms and Toy-Sized Spaces for Imaginative Play

Craft designer Christen Byrd created the Small Box Craft to inspire hours of creative play for her three imagination-rich kiddos. She has created a chic little Family Room/Kitchen Combo, a playful Super Hero Hideout, a Bedroom, Farm, Fairy Garden, Mechanics Garage, Ice Cream Shop, Car Wash, and Ballerina Studio, and requires only a glue gun and easy-to-find materials from a local craft store.

Format: Paperback / softback
Publication date: 01 May 2019
Publisher: Spring House Press

We all have them. From decorative fancy boxes with magnetic closures to the corrugated pile in the garage pining to be included in some creative fun. Craft designer Christen Byrd certainly had a stash and—always inspired by her three imagination-rich kiddos—she found her collection of boxes calling her name. The first space she created for her children––Lucy, Olive, and Max––was the chic little Family Room/Kitchen Combo, which was quickly followed by a playful Super Hero Hideout. And, yes, all three play with both because there's no toy discrimination happening in the Byrd house, and boxes create that "come-one, come-all" kind of fun. To keep up with each kiddos' rich imagination and growing collection of figurines, more creative spaces and scenery took shape––including a Bedroom, Farm, Fairy Garden, Mechanics Garage, Ice Cream Shop, Car Wash, and Ballerina Studio––and Small Box Craft was born. To keep things stress-free, Small Box Craft has simple, clear instructions, helpful diagrams, and photos, and requires only your trusty glue gun and some easy-to-find materials from your local craft store. (...and your recycling bin). A happy little book packed with big-time fun, Small Box Craft is a blueprint for hours of creative play for that kiddo in your life.

We all have them. From decorative fancy boxes with magnetic closures to the corrugated pile in the garage pining to be included in some creative fun.

Craft designer Christen Byrd certainly had a stash and—always inspired by her three imagination-rich kiddos—she found her collection of boxes calling her name.

The first space she created for her children––Lucy, Olive, and Max––was the chic little Family Room/Kitchen Combo, which was quickly followed by a playful Super Hero Hideout.

And, yes, all three play with both because there's no toy discrimination happening in the Byrd house, and boxes create that "come-one, come-all" kind of fun.

To keep up with each kiddos' rich imagination and growing collection of figurines, more creative spaces and scenery took shape––including a Bedroom, Farm, Fairy Garden, Mechanics Garage, Ice Cream Shop, Car Wash, and Ballerina Studio––and Small Box Craft was born.

To keep things stress-free, Small Box Craft has simple, clear instructions, helpful diagrams, and photos, and requires only your trusty glue gun and some easy-to-find materials from your local craft store.

(...and your recycling bin). A happy little book packed with big-time fun, Small Box Craft is a blueprint for hours of creative play for that kiddo in your life.

Weight: 256g
Dimension: 218 x 279 x 2 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781940611860