I love a handmade holiday. The gifts are so memorable and your kids know you really thought about them while you labored over a great gift. It sure is cheaper as well! With 4 kids aged 2-8 girls and boys I have been scouring the internet for ideas and come up with quite a few great ones! This one is great for the boys or girls, and they can all play together. So here it is... the completed doctor kit.
I think it cost me a total of $4.50! I found most of the stuff around the house, got the 2 surgical masks from the hospital for free when I was there for an ultrasound, printed stuff off and bought only the bag and stethoscope Would you believe the stethoscope was only $3 brand new off Amazon! They had other colors, but some of the other colors cost twice as much (same exact stethoscope), so I thought blue looked fine. I love that it really works! The bag was $1.50 at the thrift store and has the great doctor bag shape i was looking for.
Here is a closer look at the contents. I printed off the labels you see above from the link below and attached to empty containers we had around the house. I love the vintage uniform look. The doctor badges I printed off from a great link I posted below that allows you to add your own photo and customize the text. The silver bottle is a spray bottle filled with water for "wound care" or other imaginative play. I added some band aid stickers that I printed from the computer onto sticky paper cut them out and put them in a band aid box. The cotton balls and Q-tips they can use to "clean wounds", and doctor up their siblings or stuffed animals. The plastic syringes we had as well as the medicine dosser. You can also get a better look at the monogramed bag tag that I used to girly it up for my Bella.
I added a ear bulb for fun, a water balloon filler as otoscope for inspecting ears, some play money we had to pay the doctor, an ace bandage for wrapping up those sprains and broken bones, surgical masks, and of course the real working brand new stethoscope! I made both my daughters a badge as I know they will both want to be the doctor at some point in the game.
I put it all together in this really cute doctor shaped bag and added a cute little laminated initial tag to give it a little more feminine appeal since it was for my daughter. I may add a red felt cross to the front of the bag on the black. We will see.
I am still thinking of adding a small clip board, white shirt for a lab coat (cut of the sleeve's cuff and the tail and hem), and file folder for official doctor papers to include...
I know she will love it! I expect to get hours of play from all the kids out of this one!
If you happened across a pair of kids crutches at a thrift store that would be pretty fun for the kids too! I am sure I will find little things from now till Christmas to be adding in as well. Hope you found some inspiration for a handmade kit for the kiddo in your life! Love to hear if you make one and how it goes!
