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    Vintage First Aid Kit Part II

    Published by Pam Kessler | 220 words. · About 2 minutes to read this article. - 19 Comments

    I finally got up the nerve to open my first aid kit.

    And it was filled with . . .

    Old first aid kit contents.

    First aid supplies 🙁

    Not as good as $100 bills, but better than a severed finger.

    In case you are wondering what I want a first aid kit for, I sort of fell in love with them when I saw Stacey from A Sort Of Fairytale's bathroom makeover last year.

    First aid kits used in bathroom decor.

    Source A Sort of Fairytale

    And Breida from Breida With A B used a few in her equally as cool bathroom makeover recently.
    Vintage first aid kits used in bathroom decor.

    Source Breida With A B

    So ever since seeing those bathrooms, rusty first aid kits have taken on a whole different meaning in my mind. I love it when something totally useful and ordinary becomes a piece of art.

    But we all know that in order to officially have a collection of them, I would need at least 3 kits.

    Well, I have my new Red Cross box.

    Old American Red Cross First aid kit.

    And my niece had given me this Boy Scout first aid kit a few weeks ago.

    Old Boy Scouts Of America First Aid Kit.

    Nice and rusty!!!

    If you want to be technical, I guess if I add my son's Spongebob band-aid container it would be my third.

    Spongebob band-aids.

    But, I think I'll hold out for another first aid kit of the rusty and crusty variety.

    Sorry Spongebob!

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    1. NanaDiana

      October 14, 2013 at 7:06 pm

      I had a pink colored sewing basket just like that when I was a kid. I don't know what ever happened to it. It was around when my kids were little. I suppose it was lost in a move somewhere along the way.

      I went over and copied that apple cake recipe over. It sounds delicious.

      I don't know if you should bake in that jello mold, Pam. It is probably aluminum and I don't know how it would interact with the heat if it is not tempered properly.

      Love your little blow mold- xo Diana

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    2. DogsMom

      October 13, 2013 at 1:01 pm

      Number three (and more) will find you. Now your eyes have been opened. The things inside are wonderful! People will want those labels if not the whole kit supplies. You can fund your kit search by selling scanned labels.

      Reply
    3. 20 North Ora

      October 12, 2013 at 8:57 pm

      Such a cute idea. I have the feeling once you get three, the collection will still grow!!

      Judy

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