Elijah received the Alex “My
Giant Busy Box” for his third birthday. I knew this was “activity gold”
and I quickly hid it in a closet so it would be "new" for our beach vacation. The kids were extremely excited when I
pulled this out – and I was excited to finally get to use it (4 months later)!
More on the goods: the thing I loved most about the Busy Box is that it was all-inclusive, and I didn't need to buy anything additional to do any of the 16+ crafts. The kit also includes a big
chunky glue stick with glue that goes on purple and dries clear. This was not only very
helpful to make sure everything sticks, but also for catching glue in unexpected
places before it dries.
The kids' favorite
activity was making paper bag puppets (popping out the animal body parts out of
the perforated paper, gluing them down, and adding stickers to the finished
product), There were 4, so each boy made 2. The puppets were colorful and the kids put on many impromptu puppet shows. There were also a number of surprise wild animal sightings - it was like being on a safari!
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| We made the lion together and it was love at first sight! |
There is also:
- Sticker art (a park background with veggie, flower and animal stickers and a pizza with toppings) + frames
- Tissue paper art with 8 colors of small tissue paper squares
- Clay with cardboard animal limbs and eye to add in to create 3D animals
- Chicken, sheep and piggy shaped pre-cut card stock with an assortment of goodies like pipe cleaners, feathers, paper accessories, flowers, buttons, and streamers to glue on.
We got through 1/3 to
half of the activities in the “My Giant Busy Box” and are now bringing it home
for our next rainy day.
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