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Julieboo

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 01:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am looking for a cheap, plastic (preferably see-thru) bank. Any shape. Any ideas on where I can get one? I've looked around at toy stores, but have been unsuccessful so far.

Also, does anyone out there have a see-thru tennis ball container or something similar that you could send me? (I'd pay the postage). Something I could cut a slit in the top of, so my son could put buttons in it thru the hole. My son needs to practice some motor skills and so that's why I am looking for these items.

Kaili

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 01:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think places like Spencers have big soda bottle banks, but that may be too large for your son. You could try a tupperwear container and cut a slit in its lid. I don't have anything, but good luck!

Julieboo

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 01:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Kaili. I never thought about spencers. That's defintely worth a try!

Ryn

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 02:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Walk Mart here used to have clear piggy banks - I think it was them. I will look next tim eI am in there - I mean they were like $2. Got one for each of my rug rats.

Ryn

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 02:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
And what about a 2 liter soda bottle? - could put a slit in the side - of would the angle be too tough?

Jewels

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 02:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
How about a milk jug?

Julieboo

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 02:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey-those are great ideas!!!! Thanks Ryn and Jewels!!!!!

Myjohnhenry

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 02:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Do you have a Dollar Store, Dollar Tree, .99 store of anykind. Sometimes they have things like that. Thrift store/Goodwill is also a good place to look.

Oregonfire

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 02:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Or those Safeway deli potato salad or macaroni salad containers, things that are flat, for variety.

Julieboo

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 02:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks you MJH and Oregon!
I thought the dollar store would be a good place, but so far none of them have any...

Tess

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 03:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
In my daughter's school they used plastic gallon-sized ice cream buckets with a slit in the cover and the tops to frozen juice containers. Those are a good size and are smooth all around the edge. The also used pound or two pound coffee can with the slit in the plastic lids.

Putting clothespins or something simliar into a milk jug or 2 liter soda bottle also works.

Whoami

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 09:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I searched a couple of shopping sites, and came up with these (hope the links work!).

Piano Bank

Globe Bank

Looks like the Globe one comes with candy or toys inside (it says "toys and candy can vary).

Good luck!

Sia

Monday, June 17, 2002 - 10:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Julieboo, you can make several types of manipulatives for your son using materials found around the house, any of which can help to improve his small-motor coordination. A couple of ideas: sort coins, buttons, or other small objects or "counters" into the cups of an egg carton.

He can pick up one counter and drop it into a compartment and repeat, or, if he has trouble holding objects in his hands, he can try to drop just one at a time from a small handful of them. If he has the ability to count, you can ask him to place one, two, three, etc. items into each compartment of the egg carton for variety and to practice counting.

I really like the Mancala game I bought for $3 at my local dollar-store. It uses flattened marbles (glass drops that are flat on the bottom) that won't roll away, making the exercise less frustrating. Mancala is an ancient game and you can research this on-line to see what it's like. The one I have has compartments in a hinged playing board, which makes it compact and easy to carry around--except that it doesn't snap shut. To keep from losing the playing pieces, we have to put it back into the box in which it was packaged from the factory.

Seamonkey

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 11:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Right after I read this thread yesterday, I got my snail mail out of my mailbox and one item was the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog.. and right on the cover was the TRANSPARENT KAYAK!!

It would only set you back $1,459.95, plus shipping, plus $80 extra shipping.

Just what you need!!

Julieboo

Tuesday, June 18, 2002 - 11:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ya know, I was just gonna start another thread asking if anyone knew where I could get a transparent boat for under 2 grand!

Seamonkey

Sunday, June 23, 2002 - 12:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, I reluctantly tossed out that catalog today.. bye bye transparent boat..

Snort!