The discarded cardboard box is a feast for the imagination, a challenge for the hands, and a literal demonstration of the value of open-ended play.

If you buy a new toy rocket ship from a company called Educational Insights, the cardboard box it comes in isn’t supposed to be recycled (or end up in the trash). In a redesign for its latest ...

It's no secret that kids – and cats – like to play with cardboard boxes, sometimes more than with what's inside. Amazon is introducing boxes with a built-in play factor. Starting this week ...