All you need is love...and a cardboard box.

A really nice, big cardboard box. Maybe a box that contained something large and fabulous like a dollhouse. Really, that's all you need. Oh, and love. You need that, too. With love and a cardboard box you can do amazing things. Things like make yourself into a Jack-in-a-Box.


Or you could declare that the box is really a TV. And bring in a remote control from your Nonna and Poppa's living room and make your family turn you on so you could "be the news." You could say, "Today's weather is rainy and snowy. That is all!"


And you also could drag your Auntie into the box with you and make her be part of your show. Not every Auntie would crawl her 36" inseam into a Pottery Barn Kids dollhouse box, just so you know. But your Auntie would.

Your Auntie would even stay in the box and let you have the remote to turn her on and off. Your Auntie would even pretend to be Taylor Swift for you because she knows Taylor is your favorite.

So yes, Ellie. All you need is love and a cardboard box and you are one happy little girl!