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A few months ago, List 25 featured 25 things you can do with a pizza box. Some of the ideas were creative, some were funny, and some were artistic. However, as a mom of young kids, the Pizza Box Tic-Tac-Toe caught my eye. I’m not sure how List 25 works, because I couldn’t find links or sources for any of the photos. I did see several of them floating around Pinterest, but the link for the tic-tac-toe game is no good. So I guess I’m the ultimate source and authority on all things pizza box and tic-tac-toe now. 🙂
Start with an empty pizza box. Since I didn’t want to try to store a giant box somewhere, I asked for a personal pizza box at Pizza Hut. (I very unwisely went to Target at lunchtime with two kids and failed to feed them first, so we shared a personal pizza and then I didn’t feel bad about asking for a clean one.)
I used a bottle cap to trace circles in red felt and cut out a rough template of an “X” and traced it in yellow felt. Then I lined the bottom of the pizza box with a piece of white adhesive felt. The best thing about this little project was the fact that I didn’t have to deal with glue of any kind!
I cut four strips of brown felt for the lines and a total of five X’s and five O’s. I stuck an extra piece of white felt up on the box lid for storing the unused pieces. There you have it! Total cost: FREE because I had the felt already and the box was a freebie. Total time: about 10 minutes. I plan on using it for school with Henry as a review game. The best part? It fits in his desk drawer. If you are looking for tic-tac-toe variations and game ideas, just search it on Pinterest. There are about seventy gazillion. Have fun! 🙂
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Carla says
This is a great one! I like that it’s all contained and you’re recycling. Plus I might even be able to make it! That’s a bonus for sure!
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Nicole Burkholder says
Thanks! I like that all the pieces are in the box, too. No extra mess! 🙂
Britni @ Play. Party. Pin. says
Oh sad, I just had a pizza party with a bunch of my friends last weekend and this would’ve been a perfect activity for the kids that went right along with the pizza theme. Such a cute idea, thanks for linking up to the weekend re-Treat link party.
Nicole Burkholder says
Just sounds like a reason for another pizza party to me:)
Zan says
No kidding! What a neat idea. I always dump my empty pizza box in the trash…and I have a whole bunch of felt that I cannot figure out what to do with them. This is such a neat idea to try:)
Nicole Burkholder says
You can check out the link to the list 25 page with the other ideas 🙂 Who knew you could do so much with a box?
DesignedByBH says
This is so cute! And I love the idea of the smaller pizza box. Who would need a large-pizza-sized tic tac toe board, anyway!!?? Congrats on becoming the pizza-box-tic-tac-toe authority. 🙂
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Nicole Burkholder says
There were some pretty cool ideas for full-sized pizza boxes, but I’m a pragmatist. Where am I going to store that?!? 🙂
Angie Brewer (Snack Cups and Smiles) says
Super creative, I love it! Pinned!
Thanks for sharing.