I decided that I needed to do a little shopping to stock my playroom craft supply closet. By that I mean that we had NO craft supplies other than crayons and we needed to get a stockpile going. So Finnegan and I headed out to track down a dollar store. Unfortunately, the dollar store I remembered was now closed down and my iPhone wasn't getting a signal for me to search for the next nearest dollar store....so we ended up at Hobby Lobby. That was probably a mistake. There are WAY too many crafts there! I was in heaven! I just kept grabbing bags and throwing them in the cart. Then we came across the little jars and storage bins. I definitely needed a bunch of those to keep everything organized and easily visible to the kids, right? So here is my haul of craft supplies!
The little jars have sparkly puff balls (the official name), bells, googly eyes, crescent confetti, tan puff balls, corks and pony beads.
Here we have a couple different types of smooth stones and more pony beads.
These boxes are going to house craft stations for the kids. For example, one box will have a pair of kids scissors and a bunch of things to practice cutting. There will be paper, mardi gras beads, straws, ribbon, puff balls, foam, felt, etc. The paper will have lines drawn on it so they can practice cutting on the line. Another box might have water color paint, brushes, sponges, paper and a small jar of water. Another box will have glitter glue, regular glue, crepe paper, paper, puff balls, googly eyes, etc. to practice gluing and decorating. Lots of boxes with different sensory activities that they can explore and do without instruction from me...just see what they come up with!
Here we have some really cool felt. Finnegan picked out the Tiger print and I chose the zebra.
These are foam door hangers. I am planning a project next week where we decorate one for each of their doors. I will probably let Finnegan make one for my closet and his daddy's closet.
I think he's excited about the supplies!
So far today we have just explored each item as we unpacked it. He loves just looking at the jars of crafts and shaking them. We took out the sparkly puff ball and the tan puff ball and compared them. "They are both soft. They are both shaped like a ball. One has spikes and one does not. One is bigger than the other one. They are different colors." He was entertained with that more than gluing them or cutting them. We compared all the items in the jars. And we even made a present for Daddy. We got out the pipe cleaners and made a UK bracelet for Daddy. We worked on patterns (2 white beads, 2 blue beads, 2 white beads, 2 blue beads). He was proud of himself for finishing the pattern and presented it to Daddy with joy. (Forgot to take a picture of the bracelet! Ooops.)
Hopefully we will see many more crafts/activities from this craft supply stash. If not, I think I'll be in big trouble! :)
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