Sibling and Dad Gifts for When the New Baby Arrives

This weekend I've had so much fun working on big brother kits and a (not so) new dad kit to give the boys when baby #4 arrives. You can check out my inspiration here, here, here, and here.

Here's what each kit consists of:

For Little Man (who I plan to start calling June Bug because he's no longer the littlest. It's an appropriate Southern term for my very ornery 2 year old who was after all born in June.):

• Favorite snacks/candies and an Elmo snack/sandwich container he was oogling at the store.
• Horizon brand organic strawberry milk (doesn't have to be refrigerated!) or juice boxes
• Dollar store busy toys including a giant dino coloring book, re-stickable wall decals, Cars the movie magnets, Crayola Twistables slick stix, and a magic wash cloth. (All found at Walmart)
• A homemade car wallet like this one and a new set of cars to fill it.
• A big brother T-shirt
• A little homemade doll because he's at that age where he copies everything and loves to "help".
• A homemade felt quite book (TONS of ideas on Pinterest)
• And I may add a disposable camera

For My Older Boys:

• Snacks and milk
• Their digital cameras
• Big brother T-shirts
• Mini photo albums to put in any pictures they take of the day

For the T-shirts: the youngest is getting one that says "I'm the Big Brother", the next oldest is getting, "I'm the Bigger Brother", and the oldest is getting, "I'm the Biggest Brother". I ordered the decals from this etsy shop and put them on some craft store T-shirts. She was quick to respond to inquiries and the product was shipped within a couple of days. The service was outstanding. (Note: The colors turned out to be somewhat translucent. I recommend WHITE t-shirts, but they're still cute.)

I wrote a letter to each of the boys to tell them how special they are and how much I love each of them.

They are also each getting a photo book inspired by this one. I haven't started those yet though...

For Strong Man, I made him a T-shirt and baby bib set inspired by this one, a "diaper dootie" tool box kit, and included some retro sodas with these free labels added, a couple of good cigars and a copy of "Just Me and My Dad" from the little critter series.

Backing up a bit...Dad's shirt says, "I Make Adorable Babies" and the bib says, "Adorable Baby." So as not to leave out the other boys who were of course also adorable babies, I made the gift tags on their big brother kits look like awards ribbons- using microsoft clip art and laminated them with contact paper. I picked up some self adhesive pin backs in the craft section at Walmart that I adhered to each and attached them to the gift bags. (Which are re-useable lunch bags found clearanced for 25 cents each!) So they each have little badges that say, "Adorable Baby #1", "Adorable Baby #2", and "Adorable Baby #3". 

Now for Strong Man's "diaper dootie" kit. This was fun. I had seen some new dad survival kits on Pinterest and Amazon so it's based off of those. I collected most of what went in it from around the house so it was practically free. (Love that!) I even had the little tool box already. Here's what went into it...

• New born diapers
• Wipes
• Butt Cream
• Alcohol wipes
• Vaseline
• Baby powder
• Hand sanitizer
• Homemade Pee Pee Tee Pee
• Goggles
• Face mask
• Ear Plugs
• Tongs for diaper disposal
• Clothes pin for the nose

I made a copy of the above list and mod podged it to the top and made a cute label for the front using Microsoft clip art and word art.