Along with these envelopes, Lil and O will each have a binder with things like crayons and a notebook that they can use to make the things in the envolopes even more fun.
Clay: hopefully I won't regret this one.
I made little envelopes of them to open on the trip, I'm not sure how often I will have them open a new envelope but I'm thinking one per hour. I made more than enough and each envelope has a trivia question for them to answer to earn the contents.
The contents:
Pipe cleaners: for making sculptures, numbers, letters, and pictures.
Tin foil: for making sculptures, and wrapping things up.
Post it notes: to write on, and stick to things.
Counting stickers: for counting out and sticking top pre-made number cards.
Complete the picture index cards: I drew simple things on each card like a circle on one, an line on another, a zigzag on the next. This will be fun for the kids to use their imaginations and finish each drawing I've started. I also included some card holders for the. To put their cards into.
Links: small for Lil, big ones for O (his didn't fit in the envelope).
Foam stickers: to make words and pictures with.
Colored dots: for counting, outlining their names, drawing faces on, etc.
Paper clip sorting: they can clip the colored clips to the correct colored papers. I also gave Lil a set of numbers to put the correct number of clips on. They could also use these to make necklaces.
Rainbows: for O a foam rainbow to put together. For Lil yarn or all colors to make a rainbow (or a picture of anything with, along with some tape to tape her creation to her journal.
Mini coloring books
Travel: random travel themed stickers, bookmarks, paper cut outs, foam airplanes, paper airplanes, they can use their imaginations.
Circus bags: one for putting a special snack in, one to hold any creations they make.
Mad libs: just fun for the whole family
Foam stickers: they can use these to draw people in their journals.
Folder books: I cut up some cheap folders to make little books that are durable and have pockets on the inside. I also included some stickers. It will be fun to see what they create.
Candy necklaces: this envelope is a special reward.
Legos: just enough for each of them.
Wicki sticks and color slides: waxy sticks for making sculptures, colored slides for looking through to see the world in different colors.
Ribbons: I included many different types of ribbon and an empty spool for each of them. They can wrap the ribbons around the spool or tread it through the hole.
Gold stars and small colored paper
Mini books
Sticker charts: this could just be a fun fine motor activity as they put the stickers in the charts or we may actually use them to reward good behavior. I haven't decided yet.
Gold stars: oops, duplicate! Hope they like that one.
Face puppets: they can use these for writing, drawing, copying the faces, or puppet shows
I included some ideas of how they might use the activities, but really there is no telling what a 4.5 year old and a 2.5 year old will do when given these items, and that is going to be my entertainment. :)
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