Quick Valentine Quiet Box

Okay okay, so I know I have been talking about

Quiet Time Boxes a lot lately!

But  I wanted to make the idea super easy for you,

so you could make your own {Quickly}.

Today I wanted to throw together

one quiet time box,

so you could see how easy it is.

First I picked a theme: Valentines

Then I grabbed my books:

Some of these are from around the house,

some are ideas from JDaniel4's Mom

which I put on hold at the library

(from the convenience of my own home)

and picked them up today.

I threw in our wooden hearts that we use for sorting,

Grabbed some cute containers,

and told her she could sort them by size or shape.

I also grabbed her beauty shop bag,

and threw it in there.

It has pretend makeup, brushes, lipstick,

a blow dryer, a mirror, a tea pot and some tea cups.

See, so easy.

It took me five minutes to put it together,

she went into her room played for 45 min,

and is now napping.

I am now to the point that I know what she loves,

If I see a cute book on a blog or on Amazon,

I go onto my library's website and put the book on hold.

M. loves books so that makes it easy for me.

Whenever I am at the dollar store or Target $1 bins I look for new things that I can throw in there to change them up.

So pick a theme whether you have a girl or boy,

put toys that somewhat match the theme

{that aren't their favorite toys}.

Then set a timer, especially if your child is older.

You could start with 15 min., 30 min., and then work up to a longer time period.

Here is an idea for Quiet Time Bags,
And here is my original Quiet Time Boxes Post.

A Spin on Quiet Time Boxes

Here is our new spin on Quiet Time Boxes:

Quiet Time Bags!


My Quiet Time Boxes have been one of
the best things I have done to reduce some mommy stress!

Now everyday nap time is about 90% less stressful.
M. is motivated to go down and play with her daily box,
and she usually takes a nap every day too!

Some days, when we have a lot to do,
 I just pull out a few fun books,
she will read them and then take a nap.


Before we had Quiet Time Boxes, she would have NEVER done this!  Taking a nap used to be like pulling teeth!

So I am switching out my old boxes,

and doing some new themes.

{They should be ready by next week!!}

I found these great bags at our Dollar Store

Three large bags come in one box.
Pretty good deal.

So while I'm swapping out I will use these in the mean time.

But that got me thinking,

I could have done this all along,


I could have labeled each bag a day of the week,
And only bought one bin.
{Way more cost effective}
And dumped the bag into the bin each day...

So in the mean time,
until I change out my old boxes,
my pretty little Quiet Time Bags are hanging nicely in the closet.

I was way to much work to assemble them,
to not keep them intact...

If you want to make your own Quiet Time Boxes,
check out my original post about them.
Or more Quick Quiet Box ideas here.

Yay! I was featured at Delicate Construction!

Isn't it the cutest button?

Merci Beaucoup!