Pipe Cleaners and Number Magnets

We went to the dollar store yesterday. I found a great idea to put the kids craft items in seperate clear containers so they can see what we have available to spark their creativity. The continers are available at the Dollar Tree so off we went to grab a deal. We also got glitter, pipe cleaners, bins for our pantry, magnetic numbers, measuring cups, tissue paper, and much more. The Dollar Tree is such a good deal for great items my kids play with at our house. They even have toys and snacks that my kids enjoy. At their ages, they don't care where something new comes from or what the price tag is and they don't care about many expensive things yet. I take full advantage of that by shopping for bargains.I pulled out the pipe cleaners, some beads, a spoon, a cookie sheet, and the magnetic numbers. Gabriel strung beads on pipe cleaners and worked on his fine motor skills. Lane transferred the beads with a spoon. Alex made up math equations with the numbers. He even worked on doubles equations, using the pipe cleaners to count out the answer. Surprisingly, they kept themselves busy for a couple hours. The total cost was $3!