Box of Sunshine

Have you seen the Box of Sunshine on Pinterest that is being pinned and re-pinned and re-pinned 22 dozen more times?? I loved the idea as soon as I saw it and knew that I wanted to brighten someone’s day with a happy surprise. Actually, I decided to do it twice! My MIL’s friend gave us a BUNCH of Tassimo coffee and needed a little cheering up as well – a Box of Sunshine is just what the doctor ordered! Also, my mother’s birthday was this past weekend, so a Box of Sunshine seemed like a happy present for her.

I set off to Tuesday Morning, Target and the $1 Store for cute little yellow items. Let me tell you, it is a LOT easier to find yellow things

than you might think! At each store, my shopping cart was full of happiness before I even realized it. I had to pick and choose and put a lot of stuff back! Here are the things that I finally decided to include between the two baskets:

All kinds of candy from the $1 Store
Hand sanitizer
Citronella candles
Wet wipes
Dish towel
Carmex
Goo Gone
Smell good candle
Smell good spray
Gardening gloves
Cute napkins
Body Wash
Body Lotion
Lemonade
Magnetic notepad
Cute pen
Cute post it notes
Candy in cellophane in yellow pails
Juicy Fruit
Yellow stripey socks
Dog book
Yellow flowered acrylic tray

I also decided to make the boxes cute since I was going to mail the packages. That way everyone who saw and touched the Box of Sunshine as it made it’s way through the US postal system got a chance to smile and have their day brightened! I used my trusty Sharpie and just channeled my inner 13 year old to make block letters spelling out Box of Sunshine.

I included a cute card in the box with a wonderful uplifting quote. Everybody knows I love to use quotes on cards, my scrapbooking pages or just anywhere I can squeeze one in! The card was made using a printable from The Digi Chick. It is from the Sun and Fun Printables from Dawn by Design.