Loved your video. Hope that you post more.Your tic tac toe game is fabulous! You have great neighbors. Love all of the handmade items. Really impressed with what you posted. OCC shoeboxes are my obsession.
Thank you so much! I completely understand it is our obsession as well. I am definitely hoping to add more videos and making this a dedicated OCC channel.
Love the tour. This is how I plan to pack this year. 😊 I did 56 boxes last year. No set goal this year, just want to do as many as I can since I do it alone most times. If I can organize as good as you have, I'm sure it will be a good turn out. TFS! ~Rosy
Thanks for the amazing tour! I hope it went well. I've been doing packing parties for a few years now. You might find it useful to make up pencil cases before the event - including all the stationery - so that it's quicker.
Oh thank you so much! I think you are so right. That was one of my takeaways afterwards. I will definitely be making some pencil cases up ahead of time.
I love your video! It seems like you and your neighbor are great at sewing! I sew reusable pads for the boxes myself and they’re easy, quick and don’t cost a lot to make! And then I just put them in those wet bags you showed! I also don’t know if you’ve been on the blessings in a shoe box website but they have printable instructions for the reusable pads for the girls to see how to use them and wash them so I slip one of those in each bag too! Just an idea! Such a great video I enjoyed seeing all the stuff you’ve accumulated, I’m sure your show boxes brought so many children joy!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. This last year was the first year I started putting reusable pads in the shoe boxes for the girls. My goal this year is to make sure all the older girls have pads in their boxes. I never realized what an important need it was until I spoke with a couple other shoe box packers and they told me all about it. I've used the blessings in the shoe box website for other things but I will definitely check that out. That's a great idea to send instructions with the pads.
Ok. So I need some advice. My church has been packing boxes for several years, but this year we had our 1st packing party. We ended up with not many toys or wow items. Can you tell me how in advance to you start buying for the packing event and what would you say is a reasonable budget for 250 boxes??
Hello! Well we usually do this on my own and this year we did this with the church. I tend to always shop after holidays. I'm able to get a lot of after holiday clearance on toys that way. At a much affordable price and I start during Black Friday and after Christmas shopping. I continue to do this all throughout the year and I'm very blessed with lots of family and friends that like to donate towards the cause. I'm very strategic on what I buy and when I buy it. I'm able to get school supplies on clearance during the back to school sales. I also buy a lot of bulk items on Amazon because it is much cheaper that way. There's other websites too you can go to but I do typically buy a lot off of amazon. When it comes to a budget for the boxes I tried to stay around $15-$20. Since I'm buying so much in bulk throughout the year I can stay within that budget. Even with that budget I am able to buy quality items that are not just from the Dollar tree because of the way that we shop. Like I said before shopping after holiday deals and buying bulk online is a ginormous help. I really hope this answers your questions and if I miss something please comment and I will make sure to try to answer the best I can.
@@sendingshoeboxes6090 yes. Normally I pack boxes on my own and purchase throughout the year. However, Woman's group decided to do a party instead of giving the group boxes individually. So, I guess they did not have enough $$ contributions to purchase more toys. Hopefully, 8f they plan to do a packing party next year they will maybe have better participation in bringing things in or purchasing more items. 😉
can't wait to do something similar to this for kids in the hospital when I'm much older enough (only 17 will be 18 in February) I love giving back I always want to make a difference for people less fortunate than me but I'm too young right now I can't get out into the world like I want and visit homeless shelters, foster care centers, kid hospitals and ect
That sounds wonderful. I love it doing this kind of thing too and it's something my husband and I enjoy doing together. It's always so great to give back.
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Loved your video. Hope that you post more.Your tic tac toe game is fabulous! You have great neighbors. Love all of the handmade items. Really impressed with what you posted. OCC shoeboxes are my obsession.
Thank you so much! I completely understand it is our obsession as well. I am definitely hoping to add more videos and making this a dedicated OCC channel.
Love the tour. This is how I plan to pack this year. 😊 I did 56 boxes last year. No set goal this year, just want to do as many as I can since I do it alone most times. If I can organize as good as you have, I'm sure it will be a good turn out. TFS! ~Rosy
Thanks for the amazing tour! I hope it went well. I've been doing packing parties for a few years now. You might find it useful to make up pencil cases before the event - including all the stationery - so that it's quicker.
Oh thank you so much! I think you are so right. That was one of my takeaways afterwards. I will definitely be making some pencil cases up ahead of time.
I love your video! It seems like you and your neighbor are great at sewing! I sew reusable pads for the boxes myself and they’re easy, quick and don’t cost a lot to make! And then I just put them in those wet bags you showed! I also don’t know if you’ve been on the blessings in a shoe box website but they have printable instructions for the reusable pads for the girls to see how to use them and wash them so I slip one of those in each bag too! Just an idea! Such a great video I enjoyed seeing all the stuff you’ve accumulated, I’m sure your show boxes brought so many children joy!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it. This last year was the first year I started putting reusable pads in the shoe boxes for the girls. My goal this year is to make sure all the older girls have pads in their boxes. I never realized what an important need it was until I spoke with a couple other shoe box packers and they told me all about it. I've used the blessings in the shoe box website for other things but I will definitely check that out. That's a great idea to send instructions with the pads.
Thank you for the tour!
I'm excited to do our next packing party this year and I've learned so many new things. Can't wait to share it all with everybody.
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Ok. So I need some advice. My church has been packing boxes for several years, but this year we had our 1st packing party. We ended up with not many toys or wow items. Can you tell me how in advance to you start buying for the packing event and what would you say is a reasonable budget for 250 boxes??
Hello! Well we usually do this on my own and this year we did this with the church. I tend to always shop after holidays. I'm able to get a lot of after holiday clearance on toys that way. At a much affordable price and I start during Black Friday and after Christmas shopping. I continue to do this all throughout the year and I'm very blessed with lots of family and friends that like to donate towards the cause. I'm very strategic on what I buy and when I buy it. I'm able to get school supplies on clearance during the back to school sales. I also buy a lot of bulk items on Amazon because it is much cheaper that way. There's other websites too you can go to but I do typically buy a lot off of amazon. When it comes to a budget for the boxes I tried to stay around $15-$20. Since I'm buying so much in bulk throughout the year I can stay within that budget. Even with that budget I am able to buy quality items that are not just from the Dollar tree because of the way that we shop. Like I said before shopping after holiday deals and buying bulk online is a ginormous help. I really hope this answers your questions and if I miss something please comment and I will make sure to try to answer the best I can.
@@sendingshoeboxes6090 yes. Normally I pack boxes on my own and purchase throughout the year. However, Woman's group decided to do a party instead of giving the group boxes individually. So, I guess they did not have enough $$ contributions to purchase more toys. Hopefully, 8f they plan to do a packing party next year they will maybe have better participation in bringing things in or purchasing more items. 😉
can't wait to do something similar to this for kids in the hospital when I'm much older enough (only 17 will be 18 in February) I love giving back I always want to make a difference for people less fortunate than me but I'm too young right now I can't get out into the world like I want and visit homeless shelters, foster care centers, kid hospitals and ect
That sounds wonderful. I love it doing this kind of thing too and it's something my husband and I enjoy doing together. It's always so great to give back.