Samaritan’s Purse’s Operation Christmas Child is one of my favorite charities and I’m so excited to be able create four boxes, 2 for 5-9 year old girls, the other for 5-9 year old boys, all from the Dollar Tree this year. I paid $123 for all the items and boxes in this video, which comes out to $30 per box. You CAN do this cheaper.
I prefer to fill my Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes with as many great items as possible. I have a gift for tetris and try to use it for good. 🙂
Watch my video here:
And check out my playlist from previous years! I have 5 years of great shoebox videos.
2014-2018 videos
Also check out my round up blog post from last year. In 2018, I made sure to stock up on school supplies during back to school sales and visited multiple stores to get the highest quality items at the best price.
Boy’s 5-9 year old Box
Girl’s 5-9 year old Box
Great things to put in your Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes:
- Clear plastic shoebox
- baby doll
- flashlight and batteries
- spiral notebook
- pencils
- pencil sharpener
- crayons
- scissors
- erasers
- watercolor paints and brush set
- embroidery thread
- bandanas
- rulers
- soap
- flip flops
- stickers
- brush and mirror compacts
- puzzles
- kaleidoscope
- jump rope
- sunglasses
- sewing kit
- first aid kit
- band-aids
- chalk
- slinkies
- crossbody bags
- makeup bags
- bracelets
- hair clips/ hair ties
- washcloths
- shower curtain
- beads
- nail kits
- toothbrushes
- paper airplane kits
- pencil case
- cool gear water bottle
- socks
- narwhal playing cards
- dress up sticker book
- soap boxes
Find more info at Samaritan’s Purse here: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/
What is one thing you put in your Operation Christmas Child shoebox? How many years have you made one or what charity do you enjoy giving to during the holidays?
