DIY Project: Kid’s Tins
These adorable favors are made especially for the kiddos. I love a reception that embraces children, but it’s always great to have something to keep them busy!
Here are the instructions…
My hubby and I were just married 2/28/09 in a very cool, modern space in Brooklyn, NY. We loved creating unique details that expressed our style and personalities for our wedding. In lieu of favors, my hubby and I decided to contribute to International Justice Mission (ijm.org), a charitable organization that is important to us. However, I couldn’t resist creating something special for the VIPs (Very Important Pee-wees!) We had about ten kids attend our wedding with their familes. We wanted to give them some fun activities to keep them occupied during the reception and to take home and continue to enjoy later. The kids loved them!
Materials
-Mini steel bucket
-Handmade coloring books
-Cardstock (I chose heavyweight light blue linen paper from paperandmore.com that matched our programs and menus)
-White text paper
-Ribbon
-Crayons
-Bubbles
-Assorted age-appropriate toys (I bought mine from Daiso, a super home store that has most items for $1.50! www.daisojapan.com)
Tools
Single hole punch
Paper cutter or scissors
Corner rounder punch (optional)
Instructions
1. Fold sheet of cardstock and sheets of paper in half. I chose to have six pages in my coloring book, so I used three sheets of paper. You can add or subtract pages as you like.
2. Create pages and cover. Download free coloring book images from coloring-pages-and-more.com or coloringbookfun.com. For six pages, you need 12 images. Create a new document in Word. Change the layout to “landscape” and create two columns (select “format”, then “columns” then “two”). Place two images per page. Print pages double sided. I put our names and one of the images on the cardstock to make a cover.
3. Assemble the book. Stack the pages and cover in the desired order. Punch two holes along the folds. Stack the inside pages and cut 1/8 inch from the edge. Put on the cover, string ribbon through the holes and tie the ribbon. Round the corners on each page if you like.
Fill the bucket with the coloring books, crayons, and toys. Pretty, fun, and done!
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LOVE! If you aren’t into DIY, you could just buy some inexpensive coloring books, rather than making your own. Both ideas are super cute and super useful!
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I love this idea! I had already bought some mini steel buckets but did not know where to find the images for the d.i.y. coloring book. The website links you posted are perfect! Thank you so much!
OMG! I have been looking online for ideas of how to construct a Precious Moment color book for the kids! Thanks so much! I Love SMP!
Great idea :-)
I just bought two coloring books - one for girls and one for boys. I wanted to do copies but these "books" are a better solution :)
Thanks for sharing!
So happy to share! :)
Great idea! Where in Brooklyn were you married? I'm looking for a clean, modern space...
Great idea, thank you!
These are FANTASTIC for young kids, but I am trying to figure out something to do with my 3 cousins who are between 10-12. Kind of too old for this, but still young enough that I want to do something for them. Any ideas?
That is such a great idea! Very creative! And it looks like they are easy to make. Love that! Thanks for sharing!
Great idea! I had thought about making something special for the kids, but after this lovely suggestion it's a must have at my reception! Thanks! :)
What was the cool, modern space in Brooklyn that they got married at? Interested to find out!
Anna and Sarah, we were married at Stage 6 at Steiner Studios. We absolutely LOVED it--from the delicious food from Abigail Kirsch, to the attentive and polite staff, to the amazing views of the Manhattan skyline . . . it was nothing short of fabulous.
Jenna, there were a few older kids at my wedding too, and we customized the tins to each kid. Instead of using coloring books, you could put in mad libs and crossword puzzles. We also found these awesome mini golf and mini bowling games from daiso (www.daisojapan.com).
Wow, these are awesome! They are a great idea for not only weddings but any event!
great job tita robyn for making something for the kids. they reaaly enjoyed the coloring book and toys. they were not bored and less running around and no whining from them...
I'm so impressed! Hope you'll have other features to share with us. I am going to show this to the kids. Or they can make almost the same, and we'll take some coloring pages from our favorite site, thecolor.com/
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