At my preschool we do Muffins for Moms. The moms or other special ladies come and watch the kiddos do a little presentation and then they take their child into the special room for muffins and other goodies. Each class decorates a table and that is where we put their gifts for their moms.
I searched Pinterest for the perfect gift for my kids to make... but then I was struck by the idea that I should do something Minnie Mouse theme to go along with my classroom theme. But I couldn't really find anything I liked. So I was back to square one on figuring out what to have my kids make their mothers for Mother's Day & Muffins for Mom.
I was walking through Dollar Tree (I can not tell you how much I LOVE Dollar Tree) and I spotted these little cardboard boxes. They had heart, square, and circle boxes. I picked up the heart boxes but they didn't have enough for my kids but they had a ton of circle ones. Circles are too boring, I thought. But then the light bulb clicked and I realized circle boxes would make the perfect Minnie Mouse Box! So I scooped up enough for each kid in my class.
First I had the kids paint the whole thing red. Once it was dry I had them paint polka dots. They used Q-Tips to make the polka dots. The only thing is that I wish I would have used acrylic paint for the polka dots, the craft paint we used at my work isn't bright enough and so some of the dots look more pink than white.
I grabbed a big sheet of glitter card-stock at JoAnns and some polka dot ribbon. At home I cut the card-stock into small circles for the ear, used the ribbon to make some small bows, hot glued them on and Ta-Da! A super easy, totally darling Minnie Mouse box! Their photo will go inside the lid and I'll add some candy inside for the moms.
I think they came out so cute, and it'll add to my Minnie Mouse Muffins for Mom table. I'll try and remember to make a blog post with pics from that. I am excited, I think the moms are going to love them... but then you really can't go wrong with Minnie.
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