How to Make a Mini First Aid Kit

Make a small, personal-sized mini first aid kit for your children. Pack it into their backpacks or school locker to help ensure that they're ready for little emergencies while away from home. A mini first aid kit is an easy-to-assemble and fun project for you and your children.

Things You'll Need

• Travel soap dish
• Permanent marker
• Sticky-back felt
• Paper

Instructions

1. Decorate a box for the kit. Using a travel soap dish to hold the kit, make a decorative bandage for the top. Draw a bandage and funny face on a piece of white sticky-back felt in red marker. Cut out the felt and attach to the soap dish top.

2. Make a contact list for your child. Print out contact names and phone numbers for the child on a piece of paper. Cut out the paper to fit on the inside of the cover. Affix the contact sheet to the inside with glue or tape.

3. Buy a prepaid phone card. Stock the mini first aid kit with the phone card for emergencies. Show your child how to use the card.

4. Fill the soapbox with some small first aid items. Stock it with colorful band-aids, hand wipes and lip balm. The items will change depending on what your child would tend to get the most use out of. For instance, items for a 10-year-old might differ from those you'd use for a 6-year-old child.

Tips & Warnings

• Be sure to stock the first aid kit with items your child might need. If the child wears eyeglasses, an eyeglass repair kit might come in handy.