Birthday Gifts for a 4 year old Boy

Kent was invited to a birthday party for his friend & I had to come up with something & this is it. It's a personalized activity book, domino puzzle & tag. I painted dominos so that he would have a puzzle on one side & could play dominos with the flip side. The bubbles were the easiest. I just put a circle over the label & top with his initial on it. I also made a little book of games (dots, tic tac toe, maze puzzle & a blank page so that he can doodle) I included a dry erase marker so that he can reuse the games over and over. I think I'll probably make one of these for Kent soon because I can see where it could come in handy at places like the doctors office when we have to wait awhile. I made the maze on an excel spredsheet so if you want to recreate it let me know & I can email you the instructions. I also made a tag that he can use on his luggage or bookbag & it doubled as the gift tag. With exception to the bubbles everything had a dual purpose. Dominos/Puzzle, Tag/Gift Tag, Activity Book/Photo Album.

My inspiration for the design & colors came from the accent ribbon I used. I've had it for awhile & I love it but I just couldn't find the right project for it until now.



This is the puzzle side of the dominos. This project took the longest because each color had to have 2 coats & drying time in between each coat. I used acrylic paint. I forgot the acrylic sealer this time but I will definitely remember it next time to prevent chipping. I was very lucky to have save a clear box that cards came in to package the dominos inside & I didn't include this in the pictures but I painted a thin piece of cardboard (saved & cut from a scrapbooking paper kit) so that he would have a picture to match to the puzzle. I guess if she wanted to his mom could frame that & this gift would have 3 different uses.


This is the outside of the booklet.


These are the activity pages that I put inside the booklet. He can also put pictures on the backside of the pages & have a photo album as well.


Unfortunately the party was at Chuck E Cheese & I didn't get to see him open the present but I'm sure he liked it...at least I hope he did. Kent really liked it so it was Kid Approved.