My 8 year old son is kind of a pack-rat.  Every day, just about, he comes across a treasure that he just cannot bare to part with.  And I use the term “treasure” very VERY lightly!  Because when I say treasure, I mean …

That’s right! We’re talking …

Fire Beans!

Stickers!

Empty {that’s right! I said EMPTY!} fruit snack bags!
His reasoning for that fruit snack bag, you ask. Quite simply, because “it smells SO good!” His exact words.

Erasers!

Cupcake-Shaped Easter Eggs!

Lanyards!

Acorns!

Tickets!
Which aren’t even tickets, really. Just flyers, basically. But he HAD to have them. And lots of them too. Had to make sure he had one for his Frozen-loving cousin!

Goo!
…that he made at school. I took the liberty of finally throwing that out. It did not start out black…like at all. So that probably isn’t so healthy. He’ll forgive me if he ever notices!

Some other things not pictured, but in boxes or ziploc bags somewhere {I need to find those!} …

Washers!
…the kind you use with nuts and bolts.

Flowers, leaves, petals!
He is my little hopeless romantic! And I love it! So can you blame me for not being able to throw out all those little {sometimes tiny!} flowers he specially picks for me?!

There are just so many things he asks me to hold onto for him. And I, much like him,…simply cannot bare to part with his little treasures either. Because, quite frankly, his treasures are my treasures! And if he loves it, then I USUALLY love it too!

But these treasures were starting to take a toll on my dresser space. And the car. And my purse. Seriously, they were everywhere! So I decided to find them their very own special place.

So I gathered
a few materials
at the craft store

{I got 40% off the DecoBloc with my
Hobby Lobby online coupon!}

…

and got to work.

I promise you, this is one of my EASIEST projects to date. All I had to do was add stickers, and voila! Sounds simple enough, right?! And I got this…

Well that was a bust! 🙁 I just wanted it to be colorful! Turns out, all his treasures were colorful enough all on their own. Plus, these stickers just weren’t sticking on so well. So I looked for another alternative.

I found some white letters in my stash that have adhesive on both sides and thought they would look great with some glitter. But I just wasn’t liking the outcome. So I went with the black letters and got to sticking away!

After a minor set-back, and some positioning {and re-positioning!} of some letters, I was done! And I loved it!

Something so simple, and yet, so meaningful! And the best part?! Kaindan loves it! And I think it makes him feel good that I think his treasures are important. Even the ones I think belong in another treasure chest … like the GARBAGE CAN! Oops, did I say that?! 😉