Kiddie Activity Boxes

Kiddie Activity Boxes

July 21st, 2008 @ 3:18 pm by Mrs. Toucan

Knowing that we were planning on having kids at our wedding, I decided to make little activity kits to keep them out of trouble. I bought these colorful lunch box looking plastic cases for $2 each at Michaels:

Then, I filled it up with kiddie goodies:
I bought the boxes of crayons on sale last August/September (Mr. Toucan thought I was crazy) during the annual Back-to-School sale at Target. Each box of crayons only cost me 10 cents! I bought cute little foam sunglasses from Michaels (on sale, 50 cents), and packages of play-dough ($1 for pack of 6, or 17 cents per tub). Then, I printed out coloring sheets on normal computer paper and stapled them together to make a little booklet, and VOILA! A kiddie activity box for less than $3!What have been your best (or cheapest!) children’s gift finds?

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13 Responses to “Kiddie Activity Boxes”

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Michelle

I was just thinking to myself today that I should make goody bags… this is an even better idea, goody bags would just fatten them up with sweets, but this will keep them entertained, I hope…thanks!

7/21/08 @ 3:20 pm (reply)

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Candi1024 (message) 357 posts, Helper bee

I gave bags with play cars (the girls like them more than the boys!) Crayons and coloring book, Mr. Potato head, a slinky, and a stuffed animal. Do you know what they liked the best? THE SLINKY!

7/21/08 @ 3:24 pm (reply)

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Linzerella

Such a fantastic idea … some bridal magazine suggested buying crayons for TEN DOLLARS a package - just for crayons! I love your idea - totally cute and budget-conscious.

7/21/08 @ 3:25 pm (reply)

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ErinMarieMack (message) 642 posts, Busy bee

Hurrah for Micheals and back to school sales! Maybe I will put a few kits together too….

7/21/08 @ 3:30 pm (reply)

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KMC

We did the coloring book and crayons for the little ones and then added toy cars and yo-yos for the boys and princess wands and braclets for the girls (all from the $1 bin at Target). The girls loved playing princess for the day, and I loved playing Queen!!

7/21/08 @ 3:46 pm (reply)

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groomzillaisme (message) 59 posts, Worker bee

I dont think we’re having many kids at the wedding but I’d probably load em up full of sugar. Hey Kids! Here’s a bag of Pop Rocks! Go wild!

7/21/08 @ 3:53 pm (reply)

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treclit (message) 22 posts, Newbee

We’ve just been informed that FI’s uncle is bringing his two pre-teen daughters (they weren’t invited and no other kids will be at the wedding) so now I need to come up with something for them.

This looks like a great idea!

7/21/08 @ 3:59 pm (reply)

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CarolineG (message) 422 posts, Helper bee

Spectacular idea! I plan to do something similar with beach toys.

7/21/08 @ 4:05 pm (reply)

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hwong14 (message) 195 posts, Blushing bee

I was at Target yesterday and noticed the back-to-school stuff is out. By the end of August/early September, it will all be on clearance

7/21/08 @ 4:23 pm (reply)

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nmn838 (message) 44 posts, Newbee

I found some neat stuff at Five Below– there aren’t a ton of them yet but it is basically an upscale dollar store aimed towards kids/teens and everything is under $5. They have TONS of stuff, cute totes, board games and many other cute odds and ends that are sure to be loved! I got interactive books by Cranium that have games and such in them for $4!

7/21/08 @ 6:02 pm (reply)

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Marlene

That is a very cute box for the kids. I know they will love it. I like the little book you made them.

7/21/08 @ 11:46 pm (reply)

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MissDragonfly (message) 20 posts, Newbee

That’s so thoughtful! But aren’t you afraid they’ll start scribbling on everything in sight with the crayons (like the nice table linens)?

7/22/08 @ 12:33 am (reply)

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Mrs. Toucan (message) 984 posts, Busy bee

@Marlene and MissDragonfly: I’m already married - I just didn’t have time to post this before the wedding.
@Marlene: The kids did love them, though I think they seemed to like the box better than the contents of the box!
@MissDragonfly: Nope. There wasn’t any crayon anywhere. It’s harder for them to draw on linens with crayon (why I didn’t give them markers), and it’s why I also gave them coloring pages - so they wouldn’t draw on other things. I left a few blank pages as well for free drawing.

7/22/08 @ 10:52 am (reply)