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Transform empty tissue boxes into a train, a guitar, even a Blue "puppy" bank! Choose one or more of these do-together crafts to make sick days more fun. Each uses easy-to-find materials and includes step-by-step instructions.

Tissue Box Train
Make a one-car train or add a caboose. Let your child's imagination and love of trains relieve the sick-day blahs. Modify the materials to include whatever you have on hand.

The creativity train starts here!

Tissue Box Guitar
Budding musicians will love to sing the sick-day blues away with this tissue box guitar. Kids can make it as fancy or as simple as they like.

Sing away those sick-day blues here!

Blue "Puppy" Bank
A place to save future gifts from the tooth fairy. Use the template and instructions provided to get started.

For your Blue's Clues fan!

Make Tickety Tock
Help your preschooler learn to tell time with Tickety Tock from Blue's Clues. All you need is a recycled tissue box and the printable clock face provided.

What time is it?


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