Children's Travel DVD Art Kit

 {Full credit for this brilliant idea goes to Stacy @ Handmade by Stacy Vaughn. Click here for "pin"spiration and tutorial link}

A big thank you to Stacy for sharing her modern version of the traditional crayon roll. This travel art kit, which is made from an empty DVD case, is absolutely the perfect roadtrip companion for young children. The clips on the left keep the paper from falling to the floor. The case provides a firm coloring surface. AND its sleek design allows convenient storage within the backseat pocket, making this roadtrip life saver always easily on hand. Even quick trips to grandma's go smoother with this handy travel art kit as entertainment.

The DVD travel art kit was quite simple to make. After removing the circular disk holder from the right, I hot glued in a fabric covered cardboard insert with crayon pocket. This was all done with a box knife and a glue gun - no sewing - yay! (Check out Stacy's great tutorial for tips and step by step photos)

Because the crayons I used were thicker than the pencils in her version, I could only make a partial pocket, to allow for tab clearance when folded shut. But my two year old only needs a handful of crayons, so this wasn't an issue.

See the cute coloring pages on the left? I couldn't believe my luck when our birthday party leftovers fit perfectly within the case! Good thing she still likes The Very Hungry Caterpillar because after forgetting to hand them out at her birthday party, I still have a stack full :)



To read more about our two year old's Very Hungry Caterpillar party, click here.
For a direct link to the Eric Carl website and coloring pages, click here.
And again, see Stacy's original version, click here.


Linking: Find a Friend Fridays, Delicate Construction, The Gunny Sack, Bear Rabbit Bear, Positively Splendid