Alaska Geo Box

Look at those chocolate rocks! I am loving the postcards and of course my kids are all about the treat!! We are not a fish eating family and her box included a bag of Alaskian salmon jerky which I totally expected my kids to not like at all and of the pickiest eater Fox, he said it was the best jekry he ever had!

Our Newest Geo Box New Hampshire

We got our second geo box and it was just great. A nice lady in New Hampshire put it together for us. Besides all kinds of souvenirs and brochures she put in a mini lapbook set to make!

Our first Geo Box OHIO!!

Well we got all our goodies from our first geo box put away and WOW!!!! We traded with a wonderful Ohio family and she sent us everything but the state itself lol. Postcards, newspaper, souvenirs, even a little crafted ladybug for their state insect! There was also a ton of Easter candy for my kids, this lady went above and beyond and my kids loved it! She also sent pencils, brochures, bimperstickers any kind of souvenir you can think of came in this box. My kids LOVED LOVED LOVED it and I hope all our next boxes are just as great! We really enjoyed trading boxes and I think my kids have found a new hobby, BOX COLLECTION!! They are constantly asking if we should get such and such to send away lol. My kids still talk about our Ohio friends and are wanting to actually visit this summer on our way to Indiana to visit family! All in all this was a wonderful swap and I even made a new friend in another homeschool mom!

What is a geo box?

A geo box is a shoebox size box or so full of stuff about your state. You can use brochures, maps, souvenirs pressed leaves or flowers native to your state. Candy made in your state is a great thing to include! Postcards are great too. I usually find really good stuff at travel centers off the highway and any kind of state park place usually has brochures or souvenirs. I have decided to make a box from something like this for each state. Not quite sure if that is the right exact size but you get the idea. I hope to make one from every single state, thought it be a really cool project for the kids. I plan on decorating the boxes with stickers or maps of the state they go along with. Hope that explains it all!!