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I once purchased a piece of cardboard (3-panel, 28"x40" total) designed for Science fair project displays (on sale at Longs). The reason I was interested in it was that it has a nice clean, white surface, which I thought would be good for laying out and presenting preschool-age Montessori materials on the floor and keeping everything clean.
Since then (2-1/2 years) this piece of cardboard has been a castle, a puppet theater, a door, a store, a bus, etc. It folds flat, is lightweight, and stands up nicely by itself. At this point it has a lot of decoration and writing on it, but it is still coverable, paintable, or usable as is.
I'm sure many of you could do this with part of a box, but there is something nice, small, simple and portable about this item.
It was called: Project Pro Display Board (hunt-corp.com).
I looked it up on the web and couldn't find the exact item, but if you see one at your local store, you'll know there are plenty of uses for it (perhaps after the science fair is over ;) .
photos of similar items
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This is great! We used our board for our Iditarod projectIditarod project. You're right -- they're a great size, weight and shape.
I guess this is one of those things every homeschool mom should have one or two of....
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1st grade mom wrote:
| I once purchased a piece of cardboard (3-panel, 28"x40" total) designed for Science fair project displays |
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groan  That reminds me we have to start working on our 4H projects for the county fair!
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| been a castle, a puppet theater, a door, a store, a bus, etc. |
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All excellent ideas--I'll be buying extra 
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Oh, this gives me lots of ideas! Thank you!
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I, too, have had a piece of cardboard morph into many different things. Great reminder...thanks!
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That IS a good idea! I also always keep those nice flat pieces of cardboard that Amazon always sends inside the box, with the books shrink-wrapped to. They come in handy for so many things. Sure beats using pizza box lids.
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lapazfarm wrote:
| I also always keep those nice flat pieces of cardboard that Amazon always sends inside the box, with the books shrink-wrapped to. They come in handy for so many things. Sure beats using pizza box lids. |
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I NEVER get to hide them. My littles see the Amazon box and while i'm looking at the newest books they've glombed onto the cardboard -- T and JP make shields and M makes doll beds from the boxes....
Guess I just have to order more from Amazon, huh? 
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