Facial Bar Soap from MDSupplies & Services Review ~ Good Price for Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes

If you pack Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes in bulk, soap can be one of the harder things to find at a good price...not easy to do deals and coupons for that many boxes!  Here's a good option from MDSupplies & Service's special Shoebox Shoppers order form.   MDSupplies & Services has helpfully made us who pack for shoeboxes a special order form of just items that can go in OCC shoeboxes...plus it has FREE SHIPPING!!!   (Disclosure: post contains affiliate links & I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on them)

  

They offer the Facial Bar Soap - #3 (3 oz) Individually Wrapped (SP30) for  $26.87 for a case of 100...works out to 27 cents a bar.  They also offer it unwrapped:  Bar Soap, Facial - #3 (3 oz) Unwrapped (SPU30) for $24.14 for a case of 100...a

Soap & Crafts for OCC Shoebox Stockpile Saturday ~ 3/25/2017

We were able to get a couple more of the deals on Dial soap for our Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes...we're really stocking up!

My sister found another good stuffed animal at a local thrift store.

My mom sewed 14 of these tote bags for her 2 to 4 year old girl boxes.  Some were drawstring and some had handles.  She packed her boxes as she sewed the bags so there is not a picture of them all.

My mom sewed four of these reversible pencil cases.

Also, this morning I got a Snapchat from my aunt (who packs with us) of  a bag full of adorable stuffed animals!!

Spent from shoebox packing budget: $2.81

Added to stockpile:

• 2 dozen bars of soap
• 1 stuffed animal + my aunt's stash
• 14 tote bags
• 4 pencil cases

If you are looking for ideas of what can go in a shoebox check out Filler Items for Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes.

Babies, Hats and Blankets for Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Fillers

This is our first week to work on fillers for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes.  Elizabeth has been crocheting and I (Cheryl) have been sewing.  Check out our gifts below.

Baby Bundles--Baby doll with flannel blanket, crocheted hat and a girl size hat to match.

Baby Bundle number one is my favorite.  I love the sweet face on this doll and her mini Aunt Ida hat looks so cute on her.  I made a flannel blanket with a satin border in a Pooh and friends design for her and Elizabeth crocheted a hat in miniature to match the doll's outfit. Then she made a matching hat for the girl who will receive the gift.

This second one is Elizabeth's favorite. She already has a hat attached to her head so Elizabeth just designed a hat with colors to match hers:  purple, pink and cream.  I also made her a Pooh edged blanket.

To help the items stay together at the processing center we slip ribbon thru the back of the hat on the baby's head, thru the girls hat and around the baby's waist.  Then we wrap her in the blanket and tie a ribbon tightly around the waist.

Aunt Ida Hats--Crocheted hats from the Aunt Ida Hat Pattern at Joy With Purpose

Between crocheting the hats for the Baby Bundles, Elizabeth whipped up these two hats to send individually as fillers.

Filler Tally (to date)

Nail clippers from MDSupplies & Services Review ~ Something Extra to Pack in an Operation Christmas Child Shoebox

One thing I've been thinking about adding to our hygiene kits in our Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes is finger nail clippers.  So, these  from MDSupplies & Service's special Shoebox Shoppers order form appealed to me as a cost effective way to do it.     MDSupplies & Services has helpfully made us who pack for shoeboxes a special order form of just items that can go in OCC shoeboxes...plus it has FREE SHIPPING!!!  (Disclosure: post contains affiliate links & I will be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking on them)

What I tried was: Fingernail Clipper without file (FNC3275).  They sell them in a case of 288 for $69.88 which works out to $0.243 per clipper...sounds like a good

Soap Edition of OCC Shoebox Stockpile Saturday ~ 3/18/2017

This was a great week for soap deals for us to add to our Operation Christmas Child shoebox stockpile.  At various times this week, various ones of us stopped at various Dollar Trees to take advantage of the Dial deal we printed coupons for while they were available earlier this week.  I also got a great soap deal at CVS this week, and picked up some toothbrushes on another deal!

 I picked up a little more paracord this week for drawstrings for some jean tote bags we plan to make for some of our 10-14 year old boy shoeboxes.

I ordered from Oriental Trading and picked up some of their "less than perfect" and clearance items.

My sister and I also stopped by a thrift store and found a number of new and like new items...most for a quarter!

We add a stuffed animal to each of our OCC shoeboxes.

My sister crocheted 7 Aunt Ida hats and attached the "Hand Made with Love tags" we designed.

Spent from shoebox packing budget: $26.30

Added to stockpile:

• 5 dozen bars of soap
• 3 toothbrushes
• 5 bundles of paracord
• 24 gliders
• 6 wind up toy/puzzle sets
• 6 lockets
• 500 mini zip-ties
• 6 stuffed animals
• 4 puzzles
• 2 misc toys
• 1 "magic" towel
• 7 hats

You can see all of our stockpile additions shared weekly here:  Stockpile Saturday ~ Adding to the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Stockpile.

Beginning to Craft for Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Filler Donation

After seeing reports of so many boxes arriving in the Operation Christmas Child processing centers only partially filled we wanted to help fill the need for fillers.  Then last week I saw this comment by OCC on their Facebook page and it made us want to do even more.

This weekend I (Cheryl) should finish packing my 14 Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes for 2 to 4 year old girls and then I will begin crafting for fillers to be donated to the processing center while still crafting for my other family members' boxes and the 100 boxes the kids will pack at the church packing party.

I have way too much fabric on hand to only craft for boxes we pack.  I have some I have personally purchased, but I have way more that I have inherited or have had donated for my projects.  So I hope to find time to make many items for fillers.  One of the items I am sure to make are pencil pouches to fill with school supplies (much like The Pencil Granny & Friends do).  I will be using the Drawstring Pencil Pouch Pattern that I shared recently here on Simply Shoe Boxes.

Elizabeth will be crocheting with yarn she inherited from her Grandmother.  The main items she will be making are hats.  She uses the Aunt Ida Hat Pattern at Joy With Purpose.

Hopefully we will have some fillers ready by next weekend to share with you.

As a reminder, Operation Christmas Child encourages the packing of shoeboxes over the donation of fillers.  We pack as many shoeboxes as we can and use our extra crafting supplies and shopping deals to make fillers.

For more information on fillers for shoeboxes check out these earlier posts:  Donating Fillers for Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes  and A Day at the Operation Christmas Child Processing Center.

Happy Packing!

        Cheryl & Elizabeth