This is the second year that I have given the assignment of a shoebox float along with the traditional state report to my students. They had fun making them and I loved looking at them. The assignment was simple: Create a float in a box the size of a shoebox. The only requirements are that the box needs to be entirely covered, the state name needs to be present, the state motto, and the state flag. The students could also decorate with other key features of that state. Look at some of my students' creations.