Mindees Welcome Pack

[peckarollover]

I read in Who Minds I think that some childminders do welcome packs for new starters.

I thought this was a lovely idea and would like to do it myself.

What could I include?

pecka, how did it go today?

Really Well!!

Few minutes in the mum said that she wanted me as I was teh best she had seen so far and similiar to her beliefs with childrearing!

She starts after Christmas, having a visit in 2 weeks

Brilliant, well done!!!

My welcome pack consists of:

Hand towel
Flannel
Toothbrush
Drinking cup
Communication book
IDband (For outings)
Plastic cutlery for those that need it

All in a bag that they get to design if they're old enough (fabric paints )

I also let the children put in any toys/dummies/comforters that they want to leave at my house.

We got told about this idea in the ICP I thought it was common practise until I got my copy of Who Minds the other week.

That sounds great Jenmum.

Where do you get the bags from?

bump to find out where to get fabric bags

I think Baker Ross might do them

wonder if these are big enough

no, lidl have plastic bags

bum that sounded good!

I think the Baker Ross ones are tiny. Do these need to be cheap? I think Letterbox do them but they're bound to be quite expensive. Dd's nuresry did gingham drawstring bags for every child, I'm wondering if one of the nursery supply places might do them cheaply?

Id rather not pay letterbox prices per bag, I think they are about 13 quid a go.

If I had a sewing machine Im sure they would be easy enough to run up - but I havent lol

Right, bit between my teeth now then. How about these ? The Teddy ones at the bottom of the page?

They are great but would rather buy them singly!! Hard to please arent I

If I cant find something similar in single items I think I will go for them - thanks for your help!

Tsk

OK, on an old thread alibubbles offered to make some, but no idea whether that still stands of course. There are some quite nice Maisy ones here for under a fiver. The same site has Dora ones, so might be worth checking. There are loads of lovely ones here but they're all about £18.

Any good? I'm running out of steam

peckarollover; if you cannot find anything singularly and go for the teddy bags, then cat me - I would be interested in purchasing too, so could go halves - would still work out pretty cheap!

peckarollover I bought cotton pillowcases, then sewed a flap over the top and threaded cord through. Does that make sense? It worked out really cheap

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Alibubles

How good is that site?

It has everything we need as childminders

Cheers for posting its gone straight in my favourites

OOooooo think I will go for those, thank alibubbles they are lovely. Will the small size be big enough you think?

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Im drooling at the site I could spend an absolute fortune its great!