Sunday, January 22, 2012

A Frugal, Fun Gift for a Teenage Boy

In the past year, my oldest has been invited to more birthday parties than the total combined in the rest of his life.  I am so happy for him!  However, we are pinching every penny in our family, so it is important to get creative with all of those gifts.  I came up with a creative idea that was a real hit this weekend.  Tim gave his friend Diet Coke and Mentos for a fun explosive science experiment. 



I bought two big bottles of Diet Coke and one package of Mentos.  I taped them together and added the directions, which included one of the videos from You Tube on exploding the bottles.   I recycled the bow off of our homemade wreath so it would be "wrapped".  The young man was very excited -- his eyes got huge and really lit up when he saw the gift.  As Tim was getting out of the car, holding the bottles, other party goers gathered around with excitement.  They even set them off at the party.  The birthday teen said he'd always wanted to do that explosive experiment but hadn't gotten to.  The total cost of this was $5, and it was a big hit!!

Blessings,
Dawn

6 comments:

  1. What a great idea for an inexpensive, but very fun gift! My kids never get tired of the Coke and Mentos thing. I will have to try to remember this the next time my kids get invited to a birthday party, especially if it's for a boy!

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  2. What an awesome gift! That really is great. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Love how creative you are! We have a stack of mentor waiting to be set off. ;-)

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  4. Great idea! I'm putting this one in my back pocket!

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  5. How fun! I'm sure those boys will be talking about that for years with glee in their eyes.

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  6. What a great idea! Thanks, Dawn!

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