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April 4th, 2006 at 9:27 pm

by Jason | Play

I really wish Mr. McGroovy was my fifth grade teacher (no offense Mrs. Morel.) Mr. McGroovy is a former elementary school teacher with a mission "to do what I love, play to my strengths, and spread joy to others."

Mr. McGroovy spreads that joy on his groovy Squidoo website: How to Build a Cardboard Castle. We’re talkin’ full-fledged plans, ideas on where to find boxes, decorating tips, and the skinny on box rivets. The only thing missing is a step-by-step guide to digging your own moat.

I think a little placard about Mr. McGroovy should be installed as part of the cardboard box exhibit in the National Toy Hall of Fame.

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3 Comments on the Chalkboard »

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I do this every year! Not always a castle…sometimes a train, a cottage….I’ve done quite a few now. Don’t worry…I don’t set them up in my living room and pretend I’m king of the house or anything. My wife is a preschool teacher, and the cardboard playhouses have become so popular there that I really don’t a choice anymore but to make one every year. The poor things take a good beating in a year’s time though…thats why I have to make a new one each year!
Guy~

Comment by Guy on 4/8/2006 @ 8:31 pm

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When my wife Kim first started teaching, she found a big refrigerator box and she and a friend covered it with black and white paper, cut some windows into it, and — voila! — a skunk house! She added some pillows and an army of stuffed skunks, and it became the ideal spot for the kindergartners to read books during playtime.