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I like to craft stuff and crafting it with the kids is a huge plus by me. I have also been looking at items in the shops in a new way, how can we play with this?
My almost 3 year old is a collector, he loves to sort toys and various items by color, size and then line them up for inspection. The one day in the shop he saw some popsicle sticks being cheap and lots of them, they came home with us.
His brother (4) also took an interest in the popsicle sticks and started building little boxes by laying the sticks on top of each other.
Materials needed to make a kids treasure box are:
- Popsicle sticks, pre-painted or plain
- Paint if you want custom color, we used plain water paints
- Craft glue
- Earbuds if your glue spout is big
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I used one of my baking trays for the boys to paint their sticks on.
Because of the large opening in the glue bottle I opted to pour some out into a lid and use earbuds to put the drops in the corners to stick the popsicle sticks.
To make the box lay 2 sticks down in the same direction (parallel) stick 2 on top so that it forms a square. continue sticking 2 to the highest corners until you get the size you want.
Use small drops of glue, it does along way.
Wait for the square to dry before you move it. To make the bottom lay down a layer of glue across the highest popsicle stick and then neatly line up all your bottom sticks.
For the lid lay down the same amount of sticks you used for the bottom and glue 2 rows of popsicle sticks on top to hold everything together. Leave to dry.
Once dry you can decorate the box further with stickers. We used color sticks for the box and painted the lids popsicle sticks for a better color before making the box.
Add some little trinkets and the box is ready!
Anna says
This is so cute! What a great idea
Cathy says
Thanks so much for sharing at A Peek Into Paradise TGIF Link Party.
I hope you will come party with us next week and see if you were featured! http://apeekintomyparadise.blogspot.com/
Have a great week!
Hugs! Cathy
Nicole Robinson @TheBookWormMama says
What a fun way to store all those treasures. Before I had kids, people warned me about how much stuff kids collect. My toddler has tons of little knick knacks in every corner of the house and car.
Carrie says
Very fun!! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!
[email protected] says
my daughter came home with the bottom half of a box like this. she’s been calling it her camera. i think we should finish it up and make it an entire box. thanks for linking up to #kidsinthekitchen
Jessica says
This is soo cute! My hubby, baby, and I did something similar to this for his daycare art project. Thanks for sharing this @ The SHOW OFF Weekend Blog Party 🙂
Jessica
The Wondering Brain
Anyonita says
What a cute entry! As one of the co-hosts from the My Favorite Posts Weekend SHOW OFF Party! I wanted to personally thank you for linking up with us & to invite you to add me to your G+ circles or follow me on Twitter or Facebook as I’ve done the same with you. Also, I run a link party on my food blog, Anyonita Nibbles where you can link up recipes or food related posts. This week’s party is here: http://www.anyonitanibbles.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/tasty-tuesdays-10.html
Nicolette Roux says
Thanks for the invite! I’ve added you too.
Georgina @ Craftulate says
What a great idea!
Holly says
So cute. My son is just getting to the age where he wants to keep his stuff private. He’d love this!
Thank you for spreading JOY and sharing at the Oh What a HAPPY Day party.
Holly at Not Done Growing
Sue says
All of us thet2women love this treasure box and wanted to thank you for linking up with us at One Sharendipity Place on Sat. I can’t wait to make this with the kids over the summer!
Sue
Stephanie R says
This is the cutest thing ever! My kids have so many tiny treasures, and I bet they would love making one of these!
Monica says
What a great way to use popsicle sticks! Thanks for linking up at Family Fun Friday.
Sincerely,
Monica
http://happyandblessedhome.com
Christa Graham says
Awesome! My daughter (5yo) is always bringing little things home. This would be perfect to corral them!
Janis Cox says
This is a wonderful idea. I love the way you painted them with such bright colours.
Blessings,
Janis http://www.janiscox.com
Nicolette Roux says
Thanks!
Sue says
Love this! A new Linking Party begins THIS Saturday over at Thet2women.com and we would love if you would link this up there on Sat! Thanks! Here’s the link:
http://thet2women.com/welcome-to-one-sharendipity-place/
Sharon Glanville at BeBetsy says
Love the project! Thanks for sharing it on BRAG ABOUT IT Tuesday with BeBetsy – hope to see you again soon. Sharon and Denise
Leslie says
Just LOVE this idea…thanks for sharing! This would be perfect to link-up to my new series – “Create It Thursday.” It’s live now! http://www.lambertslately.com/2013/05/create-it-thursday-1.html
Pary Moppins says
Your kiddos have the most fun! 🙂
Sam @ Thrive 360 Living says
My son is a collector too! He would absolutely go crazy for this. Or maybe I’m just crazy for this and can’t wait to make it. I love that you used watercolors for the paint. The colors turned out perfect! Pinning!
Nicolette Roux says
🙂 I LOVE color!
Thanks for stopping in.
Natasha says
my kids would absolutely love this!! pinned
Natasha x
Nicolette Roux says
I’m sure they will have such fun making it too!!