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The Boxtrolls Cardboard Challenge & Imagination Foundation

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Disclosure: This is part of a sponsored campaign with SocialMoms and Focus Features. However all opinions expressed are 100% my own.

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Are you all eagerly awaiting the arrival of The Boxtrolls in theaters? We are and we have  September 26th circled on our calendar so we can go and see it. It is one of the few movies that I can’t wait to see along with the kids. The Boxtrolls is a stop motion 3D comedy adventure film based on a children’s novel and I think you all are going to love it! I was really interested to learn that Focus Features is working with the Imagination Foundation ( an organization who finds, foster, and fund creativity and entrepreneurship in children around the world) sponsor The Boxtrolls Cardboard Challenge.

The Boxtrolls Cardboard Challenge is where kids can create and build crafts inspired by the movie. They must use cardboard boxes as the main source of these crafts just like the Boxtrolls do in the movie! There is an amazing Grand Prize that they can enter to win  not to mention events hosted across the country where those who attend  can win “What’s in the Box” themed prizes. Doesn’t that just sound awesome? The Grand Prize is:

 

  • One (1) Grand Prize winner will be picked on September 29th and receive an “Imagination Box” for creative play, including an Apple iMac, an iPad Air, Microsoft Office, The Print Shop and Kid Pix softwares, a $500 DiscoveryStore.com gift card, and a $1000 Michaels Arts & Crafts gift card.

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The events taking place across the country look like they are so much fun and I wish there was one close enough to us! The cities are cities listed below as well as the Focus Features Cardboard Challenge Events Page:

  • Boston, MA: Saturday 9/20 from 11am-3pm at the Framingham Food Truck Festival

  • Cleveland, OH: Saturday 9/20 from 11am-2pm at SouthPark Mall

  • Salt Lake City, UT: Saturday 9/20 from 12pm-3pm at Station Park Mall in Farmington

  • Kansas City, MO:  Sunday 9/21 2pm – 4pm at the Science City at Union Station

  • Minneapolis, MN: Sunday 9/21 from 1pm-3pm at Mall of America in the Sears Court

  • Austin, TX: Sunday 9/21 from 1pm-3pm at Givens Recreation Center from 1pm-3pm

  • Baltimore, MD: Sunday 9/21 from 2pm-4pm at the Port Discovery Atrium

  • Philadelphia, PA: Sunday 9/21 from 12pm-3pm at Franklin Mills Mall

  • Raleigh, NC: Sunday 9/21 from 1pm-4pm at the CenterFest Arts Festival (in the Kids Zone) in Durham

  • Pittsburgh, PA(9/21) : Sunday 9/21 from 12pm-3pm at Carnegie Science Center

  • San Diego, CA: Sunday 9/21 from 10:30am-3pm at the San Diego Padres game against the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park

 

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These events look like so much fun! I’m excited to see there is one right here in Cleveland. You can also see the list on the Focus Features Cardboard Challenge Events Page. To enter the Boxtrolls Cardboard Challenge (which ENDS September 24th!) all you have to do is share your creations via Twitter or Instagram and tag your photos with the hashtag #TheBoxtrollsCC. You can read the official rules here. 

 

Learn more about The Boxtrolls Movie

You can learn more about The Boxtrolls Movie by watching the official trailer, liking their Facebook page, and following #TheBoxtrolls on social media.