This morning, 11am, No1Son - "please turn the tv on mum". Me - "no sorry, we have so many other cool things we can do rather than watch tv. What about all those boxes you’ve got, or the toys from the toy library".
5 mins later, No1Son = "I want to make a tv out of a box". (love that thinking - if she won’t give me what I want I’ll just make it!)
We literally spent the rest of the day playing with our cardboard tv. It became a stage for us to put on "shows" using all sorts of toys, play food (the Food Channel!), lots of sports channels (cars, motorbikes, horses, etc), the news, you name it. There were regular requests for more buttons, plugs, aerials, remotes, etc, etc. All made from cardboard. It came into the bathroom so he could continue "watching" the World Cup Football while he had a bath.
It was awesome. A whole day with no tv, lots of imaginative play, creative solutions to his desire for more gadgets and accessories.
