Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Zombie Apocalypse

Dave's nephew turns 7 tomorrow.  He is zombie crazy, and this happens to be 'Emergency Preparedness Week' (just a coincidence), so I put together a Zombie Apocalypse Survival Kit for him.

I'll admit, I don't have a creative thought of my own in my head; I found the idea on Pinterest.  The original can be seen here: http://pinterest.com/pin/161285230377749032/



So, first off, I went to the dollar store and spent $10 on candy, (his mother can thank me later), and also picked up a wooden box.







Then I made up some labels for the candy; the sort of thing you might find in a survival kit




Then, using words like 'zombie', 'survival kit', 'survival gear', I searched the internet for some extra decorative stuff.

Interesting to note: the CDC (Center for Disease Control) has an entire section on their website devoted to preparing for a Zombie Invasion.  ...it's a lesson in emergency preparedness for kids, but still, it's pretty cool.  You can find it here: http://www.cdc.gov/phpr/zombies.htm

REI (like Mountain Equipment Co-op, but in the States), also had a very helpful infographic that I printed out:  http://www.rei.com/features/infographics/zombie.html  They suggest packing a cast iron pan both for cooking with and whacking zombies - good advice!




 Wrap up the candy; throw in a new water gun and some glow sticks...





 The Zombi-fied picture came from everyone's favourite cable Zombie show: AMC's The Walking Dead.  You can find the app to 'Dead yourself' on their website.  Decorate the box, and pack it all up:




A few bloodied, dirty hand prints on the box, and we're ready to rock and roll!





Hope he likes it!


2 comments:

  1. That's awesome! I bet Dana's kids would love that. I bought Noah a book on how to survive a zombie attack

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  2. Holy Crap. This is so sweet!!

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