Directions:

Pretend you have $100 to spend to transform your box. In addition any member of your group can bring in items from home.

Plan your design. What will you transform your box into? 
Draw a sketch and describe your idea.

Print out the purchase order below, list your materials and plan your budget. 

Can anyone in your group bring in free items from home?

Many essential items are 'per day'. 

If you borrow all the items at once you may waste money. 

Draw up a schedule and figure out what day you will need to rent what item.

Leave extra money in your budget for unanticipated emergencies and unexpected repair costs.

Do you really need that? 
Look at your budget with a critical eye.
How can you cut costs?

You may join with another group and combine budgets and boxes.

Points will be awarded for coming in under budget.

If you hit your budget limit you will need to supply items from home or your entire group will not be able to do the assignment.

Dividing up the work:

One person in your group should be the accountant. This should be somebody who likes math and is good at it. While you are all responsible for spending your money wisely and keeping within budget, the accountant will keep careful track of your costs and how much money the group has left to spend. The accountant will list the materials on the purchase order form and change the quantities as you use up more materials.

One person in your group will be the designer. While you all must work together to come up with a design idea that you can agree on, the designer will sketch the idea on paper. This should be somebody who likes to draw and thinks drawing is fun.

One person in the group should be the writer. While you will all be responsible for inventing the story behind your box together, the writer will be the one to write it down. They will also write a description of your idea for how to transform the box. The writer should be someone who is able to write neatly and is good at spelling