I remember reading a great book as a child called "Kristina Katerina and the Box" (or something like that). It was all about a little girl and all the fun things she did with a big box leftover from a new refrigerator (or similar appliance...I can't remember specifics.) Her mom kept trying to throw it out, and she kept finding new uses for it.
I don't remember doing a lot with large boxes as a child, but I remember I loved shoe boxes! I used to make little "houses" for my small dolls out of shoe boxes--cut out door and window holes, color wallpaper on the inside edges, make little "curtains" out of fabric scraps and yarn, then put the doll and her little furniture inside. Loved it!
(By the way, the new design of shoe boxes--with slanted sides--is ruining this kind of creativity for a whole new generation! Not to mention that it's impossible to find a suitable box for those inevitable diorama school projects.)
My older boys were fortunate to have access to quite a few large boxes since we moved around a lot in our early married years. They have had a ball making "forts" out of these boxes, and after we moved here Frank and I even made them a really cool train out of some boxes that they enjoyed for several months.
Now Seth is discovering the joy of the box. Frank brought a new computer for a client home a few days ago and there was a beautiful box left over after he took it out to get it set up.
Seth climbs into the box...
...and closes the lid.
"Where's Seth?", I ask. The box giggles.
"Where could Seth be?" The box wiggles. It giggles some more.
"Where is Seth?"
...Oh, there he is! 
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Boxes and--sticks! Do your boys love sticks like mine love sticks? Anything stick-shaped--my two boys are constantly fighting over the newest discovered stick or stick-shaped object! I heard recently that "the stick" was added to the official list of "the greatest toys ever." I heartily agreed with this addition. I am pretty sure "the box" was already on the list. I tracked down a copy of that book, "Kristina Katerina and the Box" so I own it now. It is a great book! (It was a refrigerator box.) Yeah, and those shoe boxes were great doll houses.
Great post! You get the emotion from the joy of the box from your pictures. My boys also love rocks, sticks and boxes (of all sizes)
Yeah, boxes are divine toys! Too bad sometimes you are supposed to ship your guitar hero drums back in the original box, because it turned into a fish. Took me nearly two weeks to find a box it would fit in.
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