I used to be an eighth grade English teacher. I got rid of many of my teaching supplies with the exception of some poetry books, novels, my portfolio and a few teaching tools I used that I used to teach writing and grammar. I was rooting through my desk (which I often do when I'm at a loss of activities at work) and came across Creative Thinking Journal Topics for grades 4-8.
A few comments before I jump in-
When editors go through school guides- what makes them group certain grade together? As previously mentioned, I used to teach 8th grade, and in my experience, found them to be barely tolerable until near the end of the school year when they were whisked away to high school (and fortunately, to another building far, far away from me.) Furthermore, I've found 7th graders to be some of the most obnoxious people on the planet. How on earth, then, could 4th graders be grouped with either of these sets of people? A great deal happens between those years for boys and girls alike and I can only imagine what my former students would've said had I posted this question on the board.
Ten (NEW) uses for an (OLD) cereal box:
1. Most obvious: a mask. Have you seen the movie Bag Head? If not- see it- Todd gave it a hundred Netflix stars. Plot line: people go to woods to try and write a movie. One half of the crew create a plan to scare the other half by wearing a bag on their heads. Hilarity ensues.
2. Build a secret file cabinet. I used to have one of those secret stash shaving cream jars. It didn't turn to be much a of secret as I'm fairly certain my saved cash funded a few of my siblings' adolescent adventures. Downside: it's not fire (nor sibling) proof.
3. Cat toy. My cats LOVE to take running leaps into boxes. One of the three is fairly portly and I think it might be pretty amusing to watch him wrestle with the Captn'Crunch box.
4. Make my own Shoes Under (Wiki it) or at least one for Todd.
5. Make giant box-gloves to make noise when people take free throws at basketball games.
6. Send nautical signals from boats.
7. Make-shift guitar. Stretch rubber bands over a home-made cut out and wail away.
8. Bulk food storage spot. I think about things like this from time to time. We buy cat food in HUGE bags b/c our cats like snacks- but it's sort of a pain to store. Perhaps putting some in Ziploc bags then inside the cereal boxes might help.
9. Fill 'em with sand and use them as deco art book ends. (I'm really struggling here...)
10. Use them as pillows for guests to make the feel more welcome.
OR...throw them the eff out like a normal person.
I'm all about using materials over for off-label use but really- who wants to have a bunch of cereal boxes laying around?
Remember that part in Forgetting Sarah Marshall where Peter is recalling reasons why he loves Sarah? Getting him more organized with a Tupperware cereal container was one of those memories. I do the same thing- as soon as I open the box, I dump the contents in a plastic tub and the remaining material hits the recycle container immediately. We have little rodents who rear their ugly mugs from time to time so I need something a little stronger than cardboard and a chip clip to keep them away.
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