What We Did:We assembled little individual craft projects for children at our local Women's Shelter. We bought a couple of boxes of pencils and a few bags of multi-colored pipe-cleaners. We layed out the pencils (15 at a time) and then added to each pencil one of every colored pipe-cleaner. We bundled the kits together by bending the pipe-cleaners in half and attaching them to the pencil with one small (hair-tie) rubber band. We attached a copy of the instructions (I'll get the instructions attached soon) to each bundle. Then we dropped the kits off at the shelter's main office (the locations of the shelter are kept confidential).
How Long it Took:
Shopping (15 minutes), Assembly (30 minutes). The Drop off depends on how far you live from a shelter. The kits are pretty light weight and would be fairly inexpensive to mail.
How Much it Cost:
$8 for 50 kits
Would We Do It Again?
Yes...Our 3 and 5 yr. old really had fun counting the pencils and sorting the pipe-cleaners. Educational :) I was surprised by our 5 yr old's ability to bundle and rubber-band the kits together.
Next Time:Yes...Our 3 and 5 yr. old really had fun counting the pencils and sorting the pipe-cleaners. Educational :) I was surprised by our 5 yr old's ability to bundle and rubber-band the kits together.
I'd like to try this with another craft. Please let me know if know of a craft that could be assembled into individual kits. Maybe a Holiday Decoration craft?
References:
Just type in your zip-code and "women's shelter" into your favorite search engine to find a shelter in your area.
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