Idea Boxes

Earlier last week the kids and I made idea boxes. Because I have my car and two carseats for Derek and Tobin, one box is ideas for when we can go places, such as the zoo & indoor play places. The other box held ideas of things we can do in the afternoons in the winter when we are stuck inside (making cupcakes, movie afternoon, I bought a few crafts at the Dollar Tree…)

We used this youtube video to help out, although I had made the boxes before so it was more of a refresher course for me. This was also helpful on Saturday when I was taking care of nine kids and we desperately needed something to do! As an added plus, the kids can decorate them which takes up extra time  

Box-Making

So, yes. Very simple but hopefully it will help keep us sane during the winter. We used some of the ideas from this post but I think the kids came up with some of their own (grow our own animals, those foam ones in capsules?, paint, play-doh, etc.)