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5 Ways to Keep Kids Occupied With a Cardboard Box Summer can often get complicated, with summer camps, enrichment, or playdates. But sometimes, simple, low-tech, low-cost materials can keep children engaged and learning for hours. One of these simple solutions may even be sitting in your recycling bin right now: the cardboard box. That humble cardboard box has the potential to spark a child’s imagination and can transform a child into a maker.