Sunshine Basket: For Those Who are Grieving

Items to put into a Sunshine Basket: For Those Who are Grieving

Last year, my littlest two kiddos had classmates/friends who lost their mother. It was such a sad thing, a bunch of us mom's got together and put some baskets together for them. Something that could give them comfort and let them know that their classmates and friends were thinking of them.

I designed these two signs to go in the baskets, (author of saying is unknown):

Print onto card stock. Cut wood to size, I used scrap particle board. Paint sides, back of board and a strip around the face of the board. Let dry. Then Mod Podge the printable onto the front of the board. I do a light coat on the board and a light coat onto the printable, not a heavy coat to avoid bubbling.  I used a credit card to smooth out any bubbles. You could finish by mod podging over the front to finish it off and spray the whole thing with a clear coat finish, I usually use a matte finish.

Here is the basket for the little boy and what I gathered to put in it:

Items in basket:

Loved Ones Sign

Everything Yellow....

Yellow blanket

Yellow Stuffed Toy with money for the movies

Yellow ball

Yellow stuffed pillow

Potato chips is a yellow container

Gum in a yellow container

Yellow Super Hero Journal

Yellow drink

Yellow snake toy

Yellow toy gun

Yellow toy car

Yellow play dough

Popcorn

Yellow fruit snacks

In such a sad circumstance it taught our children to have empathy and to serve their classmates. It helped them to be a little bit more sensitive to the thoughts, needs and feelings of others.