Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Art Kit


One of the hardest things for me is picking out gifts for my boy's friends.  I don't want to be too cheap but I also don't want to spend a fortune.  And I want to get something that the child will enjoy.  

Mr. W is really into drawing lately--it's all he wants to do!  So when he was recently invited to a birthday party we collaborated on a perfect gift . . . an art kit!  


We bought a clear plastic box and filled it will art supplies.  During the fall "back to school" sales I try to stock up on a few things--notebooks, crayons, markers, etc.  So most of this gift we already had on hand!  Here is what we put in our "art kit": a notebook, ruler, water colors, pencils, markers, and crayons.  The great thing is that you can add anything you want!  A few more ideas would be: pompoms, glue/glue stick, googly eyes, construction paper, scissors, or play-doh.  

To make it a little more personal I cut the friend's initial out of contact paper and added it to the box.


Mr. W was thrilled with the gift and said that his friend loved it too.  Score!



2 comments:

  1. What an awesome idea! I'm definately keeping this in mind for when my girls grow up and start going to more parties :)

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  2. LOVE this!! When my oldest (16) was little he received something like this for his birthday. We still have the container (my almost 6 yr old daughter uses it). I forget about these kinds of gifts. Thanks for sharing!!
    Imperfectly Pamela

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