Picnic Peekaboo box

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PICNIC PEEKABOO BOX

Materials

Crayons
Empty Shoe Box
White Crafts Glue, Paste, or Modeling Clay
Picnic Treasures
Cotton Balls
Scissors
White Tissue Paper

Color the inside of the box.
Glue your picnic treasures onto the bottom of the box. For fluffy clouds glue cotton balls around the inside top edge of the box.
With adult help, cut a rectangular opening out of the end of the box. This will be the peek hole.
Cut a piece of tissue paper large enough to cover the top of the box.
Fold edges of paper around box. Tape paper around the sides of the box.
Now look inside the box through the peek hole. What do you see?

Thanks to Angie for sending in this craft idea.

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