On a Friday night a while back, we went out to Chevy’ s for dinner. It was the perfect night to sit outside, and I know they have a big patio area. I reminded my 5 year old that she had been there once before on a school field trip. Being a 5 year old, she says, “You mean the place that only has tortillas to eat?” I explained to her that we were just doing a restaurant tour with her school and told her about all the yummy things they have to eat, she thought it sounded great so she got all dressed up, purse and all.

We arrive at Chevy’s and who do we run into? My co-worker Matt and family. They were just finishing up as we were sitting down, so we didn’t sit with them. Had we known we could have met there, our kids are the same age and are friends, and could have kept each other occupied. Oh well, no one was bored at our table, regardless… I brought a box of craftivities! (Is that a word? Well, it’s a good description!)

I brought our little blocks that we like to make. They are the perfect size for travel or as “occupiers” while waiting for dinner.

What my Craftivity Kit contained:

• 1 1/2″ Ready-to-Go Blank Board Blocks
• Paper (precut to the exact size of these blocks. This is key because what mom has time to cut a hundred little squares? I found the paper in square, circle, heart and flower shapes in the scrapbooking section at Michael’s.)
• Glue Sticks
• Stickers

We were able to make a block and then dinner came. Perfect! I quickly put everything in the box, closed it up, and we were ready for dinner.

My plan is to turn our Ready-to-Go Indie File Box into a Craftivity Case. You may be hearing about this in a future blog post.