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Knock-Down Tower: a box game for 1 year olds

You build a tower of empty boxes and your child knocks it down. The crash is the whole point.

  • From age 1
  • 5 min
  • Indoors
  • Active
  • No prep

You need

  • Empty cardboard boxes or big plastic tubs

The steps

  1. Sit on the floor and stack three or four empty boxes into a tower.

  2. Say "Ready, steady, go" and let your child push it over.

  3. Build it again together. Hand them a box to put on top.

  4. Count the boxes out loud as the tower grows.

Keep an eye on

Use only light, empty boxes and tubs bigger than your fist, and build on the floor well away from furniture.

To keep it going

Try a wide tower and a tall thin one, and see which falls first.

At a glance

From age
1
How long
About 5 minutes
With you
Play together the whole time.
In the app's words
Good for finding out what happens when you push

A grown-up is always responsible for safety and supervises play. You know your child, so you have the last word on what suits them.

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Written by BusyBees. Published 13 October 2026. The games, ages and safety notes are the ones in the app.