A Castle Fit for a Princess (or Two)

Last month, while perusing my Parenting magazine, Beemer found a Diapers.com ad with a picture of a large box turned into a castle. She immediately fell in love with the idea and requested a castle of her own. So, we tore out the page and she lovingly saved it dreaming of the day that a large enough box would arrive.

Then last week, we took some brownies to a new family in the neighborhood. They joked that they had nothing to offer us, but a large empty box. Beemer and I both got excited - it was perfect. So, we took it off their hands and began our project.

First, we (mostly me) cut out the top of the castle and the drawbridge. The next day while Audi was napping we painted the castle pink (with the leftover paint from the girls' room).

Then after waiting a whole day (it felt like forever for Beemer) we painted some details on.

Beemer was very meticulous in her brick painting.

When all the paint was dry and the structure was reinforced with a whole lot of packing tape, Beemer tried it out -- and fell in LOVE! She thinks its the greatest castle in the world. Of course, Audi loves it too - she thinks we made it just for her!

The final product. My favorite parts are the mural Beemer colored on the inside wall (we're medievalists in this house, we don't build castles without a tapestry or two) and the peephole she insisted on painting on the drawbridge.

This was such a fun project to do with Beemer - she is becoming quite the little artist!