A while ago we made our Lego mad son a Lego Busy Box to keep him busy on car journeys. It’s been really successful and gone everywhere with us, but his younger sister wanted her own version. Now she’s not quite as obsessed with Lego as he is so instead we made her a Sylvanian Families Busy Box.
It’s no secret that my 5 year old is Sylvanian Families obsessed. She spends all her pocket money on the toys and all her time making little videos of her playsets. She really loves the babies so her Sylvanian Families Busy Box is all about Sylvanian babies.
She’s trying to collect all the baby sets, and somedays it feels like she’s succeeded.
How to make a Sylvanian Families Busy Box
We used an Ikea Glis transparent box with lid which was a bargain £4. It has 5 compartments which was perfect for a Busy Box.
In one compartment she put all her little accessories, SF babies went into two compartments, and the largest compartments were used for furniture, beds and toys.
My daughter loved filling it up with her favourites bits and pieces.
Then she decorated the box with Sylvanian Families stickers. I found it impossible to find any stickers but luckily we were sent some ages ago, along with a notebook and stencil, so we used those.
Everything fitted perfectly. I’m hoping this will mean she won’t insist on buying any more 🙂
Then we packed the Sylvanian Families Busy Box into her rucksack for our long car journey. I can’t wait to see how it survives! Hopefully this will also make great storage for those smaller bits and pieces, and keep everything tidy for when she wants to play with them at home too.
10 Comments
Carla S
August 24, 2017 at 11:08 pmWhat a clever idea! It must be quite good for you to have her favourite toys all handy in one container ready to move around or take with her when ever she may want to play with them.
Rhian Westbury
August 25, 2017 at 10:21 amThat’s such a good idea to have something like this for long car journeys, I bet it will really keep her occupied x
Gareth Torrance
August 25, 2017 at 1:22 pmThat’s a great idea to carry around the toys! I’m sure I’m going to need something like that when my daughter grows up a bit.
Cottagegardentrio
August 25, 2017 at 10:39 pmI love this! I always just end up throwing random things together for long car journeys but it would be so useful to have a box prepared ready. We’ve not hit the sylvanian family obsession yet.
Sarah
August 25, 2017 at 10:42 pmThis is a really fantastic idea! Perfect for a little holiday. Love your little ones Gruffalo outfit too! Haha xx
Ickle Pickle
August 26, 2017 at 8:37 pmThis is a great idea – I have one ready for Pickle for our car journey tomorrow. It is Thomas Minis as he is obsessed with them right now! Kaz x
Helen
August 27, 2017 at 12:04 pmThis is a brilliant idea! It would be useful for storing so many different bits and pieces. Perfect for keeping things tidy (and not lost!) and for travelling too.
Whatlauraloves
August 29, 2017 at 1:26 amThis storage container is absolutely brilliant for keeping toys organised and it would be great for adults too! xxx
Debbie Nicholas
August 30, 2017 at 9:58 amAww I love this, such a great idea for all those little bits that can easily get lost.
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