Nana's Treasure Box Craft

Before we visited my mom, she called me and told me she had these little bags that she wanted to get something for the girls and give it to them. We didn't really want to do candy or anything. So I suggested that maybe some art/craft supplies or stickers or even SCOTCH TAPE (because we never have enough of that in our house and I can never find any when we need it) might be a good idea. The girls always LOVE craft stuff. So she filled each one with a scissors, glue stick, stickers, and ribbons. Then, she got a plain white box from Michael's for each girl (they have all different sizes and shapes of boxes to choose from). The girls were very excited to open their bags and start in on their project while we were visiting Nana!


As a little background story for you. When I was really little there was an older couple, Martha and Les, who lived in the same apartment complex as my mom and I. They were sort of adoptive grandparents for me. Sometimes they would keep an eye on me when my mom had to work or had a business trip or something. And other times, they just entertained me. Their grandchildren lived far away so it was nice for them to have me around too. Martha taught me to cross-stitch when I was five or six or so. And she was a very crafty person in general. She was Danish and I remember her making those cool Easter eggs where you blow the yolk out. And she would paint them and glue ribbon around them. Very Martha Stewart before Martha Stewert was really around (funny, they have the same name). Anyway, I'm digressing quite a bit. The whole point of this story is that Martha would make these lovely little handmade gifts for my birthday or Christmas. One of them is a little jar with my name cross-stitched on it that you will find on my mantle to this day at Christmas. My mom has since made matching jars for Andrew and the girls as well. Martha also gave me a sewing box that I treasured as a child. She covered it in fabric and ribbon and cross-stitched "Holly's Sewing Box" across the top. I still have that box and even though, I believe I might have used it as a Barbie bed for a while as a child, I somehow knew it was very special and treated it very well.

So getting back to the Nana's Treasure Box idea. My mom thought it would be a nice thing for Ella and Lily to have their own box from Nana. And since they are a bit younger than I was when I received my box, we decided at this point, it would be a better idea to leave the boxes at Nana's house and Nana could put something special in it every time we come to visit, either a special treat, money for a trip to the dollar store, more craft supplies, or whatever Nana feels like putting there. :-)




I think this is such a fun idea! And I'm excited that hopefully my girls will treasure their Nana box as I treasure my Martha box. And maybe when they are older and can make sure the box is treated well, they can bring their box home and put their own treasures in it.