How to Make Personal Emergency Kits
Whether keeping kids entertained or contending with a wardrobe malfunction, these DIY disaster kits are life savers.
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We could all use a little hand every now and then. Maybe it's nail polish to mend a stocking or maybe it's just some crayons to distract bored kids on an endless car ride. Whatever your dilemma, we've got the remedy: a compact, totable personal emergency kit you can keep on hand for whatever life throws your way. Keep one in the car and one at home—they're great in guest rooms—for quick fixes.
1. Emergency Grooming Kit
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Essential Items:
- mints
- toothbrush
- toothpicks
- hair ties
- nail file
- deodorant
- chapstick
- bug spray
- pain medication
- blister helpers
Hair and nail disasters have a tendency to happen on the road, so it's a great idea to have a slim fabric pouch stocked with essentials in your suitcase, or in your car.
Store in Baby Wipe Container
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No need to buy a special storage container: transform a baby wipes container into your emergency grooming kit.
2. Wardrobe Malfunction Kit
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Essential Items:
- stain stick
- clear nail polish
- safety pin
- baby powder
- double stick tape
- small scissors
- needle/thread
- spot remover
Another kit it's nice to have ready to car for car or plane trips.
3. Bored Kids Kit
Emily Fazio, 2016
Essential Items:
- games
- cards
- crayons
- small pads
- travel games
- stickers
- snacks
- drinks
To stave off boredom in the air or on the road, activity kits for kids can be kept in old cigar boxes or plastic storage containers and it's smart if you have more than one child, to have a separate kit for each one.
