Birthday Gifts for Boys: Captain America

Last Saturday Luke had a birthday party to attend. More importantly, it was a Captain America party! To say that Luke was excited is an understatement. I wanted to give the birthday boy a handmade gift, and I wanted it to be Captain America themed. Given how much my boys love their superhero shirts, I decided that maybe Luke’s friend would like a shirt too. I started looking for Captain America images and had one traced out…

…but I procrastinated and didn’t have enough time to execute it. I had to make something a little bit simpler. Luke thought he might like Captain America’s shield better anyway, so here is the shirt I ended up with:

I added my tag to the back of the shirt too.

Now to make the packaging fun. Instead of a plain old box or bag, I wanted to give Luke’s friend his gift in something that he could use again and again. I went to The Home Depot and got a simple silver bucket for $3.48 (just about the same price as a fancy gift bag). At Target I found duct tape by the sheet! I had no idea this even existed… exactly what I was looking for.

I drew concentric circles on the back side of the sheet of duct tape, then a star, cut them all out with an exacto knife and stuck them on the front of the pail. It turned out just the way I wanted it to! I stuck the shirt in the bucket, added little bit of red tissue paper for filler, and we had ourselves a birthday gift!

The birthday boy didn’t open his gifts at the party, so I didn’t get to see his face when he opened his gift. I’m waiting to see if he wears it to school tomorrow. I hope he likes it!

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Jenny is a wife and mother first and foremost. You can find her here at The Southern Institute, as the founder and owner of the blog, as well as at unboundbirth.com. She enjoys blogging and sewing, cooking for her three picky eaters, and playing tennis with her husband, Tom.