I love hanging out in the Dollar Store. My latest find were some water bottle ice trays. It is really a great idea. The compartments in the trays are long and slender so that the frozen ice can slide right through the mouth of a bottle of water. But, when I saw them, my mind started reeling! Here is what I came up with:
My water bottle ice trays are now my kid’s Q-Tip Counting Trays. All I did was use my labeler machine to make the number labels and I stuck them along the compartments of the tray. While at the Dollar Store, I also grabbed some fun yellow Q-tips and voila a brand new learning toy for my kiddos to use to work on counting and fine motor skills. Since I already had the labeler on hand, the total cost for the 2 pack of trays and the Q-tips was only $2!
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Ben & Michelle Kelly
Great idea! I’ll keep a look out for ice trays like that!
Umamah Learning Academy
Oh My God! How cute is that. I remember standing at the $ store holding this very ice tray and thinking what I could use in it for spindle box. I was thinking tooth picks and the likes, but decided otherwise. This is perfect! Now why didn’t I think of this ? Silly me 🙂 THANK YOU for your post 🙂
Aly in Va
Heading to the Dollar Store today. I hope they have one here, $2 is right up my alley!
Jackie
I’ll bet this could work for place value, too!
I’m going to hunt my $ tree down, and find me one of these!
This is a truly awesome idea!
Nicki
What a great idea! I’m going back to the dollar store tomorrow to see what ‘discovery’ I can make. Thank you!
SANDRA
That is a great idea for Tools for Tots. Thank you for sharing! We are going to try that.
Kama @ Today's Housewife
That is such a great idea!!
Jolanthe
must go buy an ice cube tray right now!
Sarah
very nice!
Sherry
good idea! I love the dollar store too!
Carisa
WAY cute!!!! I willa dd this to the Tools for Tots webpage today!!!
🙂 Carisa
heartchild
Love this idea. Thanks!
pucktricks
And they were probably a lot less than at Bed Bath and Beyond. Great idea!