A Tau Emerald dragonfly in flight (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
At my grandson’s birthday party there were about a dozen kids watching him open presents. One of our presents was in a stationery box filled with cotton from jewelry boxes. Laid nicely on top of the cotton was a dragon fly that had flown into the car and died on the dashboard. The 12 kids were all leaning over and staring and oohing and aahing. It was so satisfying.
We have a second one that died in the car, that we’re going to give our other grandson for Christmas. I love recycling, don’t you?
Flo, mother of 3, grandmother of 9
I have often thought of getting a large box for my kids for a present. Just a box. Nothing in it. Or maybe just large sheet of bubble wrap in the large box. I mean, that is all they play with anyway! Not the $100 toy inside.
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Heck, yes! Boxes and bubble wrap. That would make me happy too!
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Love it!!!
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Nature lover!
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I’ve found that kids can be thrilled with the simplest of gifts.
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Isn’t that wonderful? My husband’s parents used to wrap toys they already had and give it to him as gifts. It was a few years before he finally caught on and said, “Hey, I already have this!” But, hey, for as long as it works, genius!
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That is so hilarious. I’m going to try that on the grandguys.
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🙂 Let me know if they fall for it. And if not, look for dead dragon flys! (And by the way, the Flo who submitted this story is my mother!)
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