Before and after.

We have been working on this project for over two weeks and now finally it's done!
It started with the girls wanting to make a castle out of the toilet paper rolls, since we've been using them for a while for small craft ideas. And I decided to take it up to a bit higher level and started collecting the empty boxes and food containers. It took us so long to complete the project since it had involved a few stages. First, we glued newspaper strips all over the containers to make them sturdier. When the glue dried up, we painted the first coat of paint, then the second and the third. The girls were very busy, and played in between the painting sessions. I helped to make the "cracking effect" which took me a couple of days. Then we were working on our roofs, all over again with gluing and coloring. The most fun was the final part, when they already could see the ready towers of the castle coming up and could play with them trying to figure out the layout. Windows and the doors came in the last and then it was time for me to take out my hot glue gun. It's a "must have" if you have kids!
So, a bit of imagination, acrylic paints, brushes, glue, newspaper, scissors, a few empty food containers that would've ended up in the garbage anyway, and we have a wonderful toy to play with.
Next idea is to populate the castle with princesses and knights made out of the salt and flour dough.