I love busy bags to provide a quick activity for the kids. In our house I often use busy bags as transition activities between one set of activities and another. Busy bags are also super
Find over 100 fun and engaging busy bags for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten and elementary kids, too — perfect for on the go!
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
Have you noticed that I write a TON about quiet time activities in this space, but not a lot about busy bags? There is a reason for that! Quiet time in our home is about resting and allowing little ones some mindful time. Quiet time is FAR more than simply keeping little ones busy. I
Keep kids occupied, quiet and learning with fun busy bags. Kids learn while they play! These busy bags are perfect for preschool and toddlers.
Have you ever been out and about with your toddler and reached for your phone to play some Sarah and Duck to try and keep them occupied? You are NOT alone! Sometimes it can be tricky to keep our little ones busy while we’re waiting for a meal at a restaurant, waiting for an appointment, […]
Toddler busy bags for traveling are an essential on our packing list when going anywhere. It keeps our toddler entertained when needed.
These free printable busy bags are super simple to make--just print and play! Perfect for travel or as quiet time activities.
In just a few weeks time, I am due to give birth to our second child! We’ve been using busy bags for our toddler for quite some time but I’ve been working on some new ones to pack in a bag ready to bring to the hospital when she comes to visit her baby brother. […]
This is the ULTIMATE GUIDE of Busy Bags. Look no further. Busy bags for Baby, Color, Shapes, Letters / ABC, Numbers, Clothes Pin, Popsicle Sticks, Lego, Car and Train, Quiet Books and Boxes, Fine Motor, Nature, Puzzles and many others!
Are you looking for ways to entertain your children during times they need to be quiet? Specifically, during church services, waiting at a restaurant or…
Heading to church, on a trip or anywhere you need to keep kids (somewhat) quiet? 20+ busy bag ideas perfect for keeping little hands and minds engaged.
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
Thanks again to Alison who is here with five more busy bag ideas. I'm so looking forward to compiling them all into one great photo collage ready for Pinterest (see below)! ---------- Here we are again with another busy bag post! The weeks sure seem to be going quick! I had fun putting together these busy bags over the last week and am looking forward to sharing them with you. These bags are perfectly suited to my 12 month old boy. They focus on developing his fine motor skills and for introducing and practicing new words for his language development. I also believe that they will grow with him and that he will continue to enjoy them as he becomes an older toddler and even a preschooler. The farm set will be used for increasingly complex dramatic play, the Mr Potato Head can have more accessories added to it, the magnets could be used for picture making and puzzles and the wallet may turn into a much loved possession, I know a lot of kids who would love a purse like Mum! So let's have a look at the busy bags for this week! 1. Farm Mat Busy Bag A variety of farm animals to play with on a square of material with a farm theme. You could use all sorts of animals depending on what themed pieces of material you can find! 2. Felt Mr Potato Head Develop both fine motor and language skills as Mr Potato head is built. The great thing about this is that it can be done in any language, perfect for bilingual babies like my boy! 3. Magnets The lid to a metal container makes a great base for magnet play, think gourmet biscuits and chocolates next time you are at the shops! 4. Wallet with Family Photos Do you have a child who loves to play with your wallet and pull everything out? Now they can have one of there own! I found an old wallet and filled it with family photos for something sweet. He can recognise names and faces and even partially familiarise himself with new family members he will meet at Christmas! 5. Montessori Cylinder Blocks I found that the tubes from the middle of garbage bag rolls are the perfect size for fitting our wooden cylinder blocks from our typical set of blocks. I put some (fancy) tape on the bottom to stop the blocks slipping right through and used a rubber band double wrapped to hold them tight together. This is a particular favourite for my 12 month old! So there you go, 20 busy bag ideas for the busy little people in your life from Lauren at Teacher Types and myself! Make sure to go back and read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of our series and then be sure to pin your favourites for later so you don't lose the ideas! Or even better pin our collage to come back to them all and help it circulate around the pinterest world. --------- Here's a reminder of where you can find Alison in the wonderful world wide web! Facebook Pinterest Google+
**UPDATE: Check out Toddler “Busy Bag” Swap, Take Two! for 20 more new activities! This post could also be properly entitled: My Winter Survival Kit! This past week, I hosted a Toddler …
I'm sharing some experiences and ideas from the recent busy bag exchange I posted. You can read part 1 here and part 2 here. You can see the rest of the ideas I gathered for the swap on this google doc. Today I'm sharing the preschool aged busy bags from...
These activities will keep your toddler busy without the noise.
SUPER EASY Color Game For Moms To DIY Today! Today I'm sharing another busy bag idea that is super easy to pull together in one afternoon! It's a simple
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
Travel busy bags for toddlers are the perfect activity for your little ones. Fun, educational, easy to make and can be used for travel or a restaurant.
Four toddler learning activities you can make with a few sheets of felt. Click to learn more and view my free printable pattern.
10 FREE Printable Busy Bags to Keep Young Learners Engaged
This build a burger set allows your child creativity in building their own burger and teachable moments for parents with the burger pattern sets.
Looking for a way to keep littles busy on the go? We've got easy busy bags for babies and no-prep toddler busy bags at TheSaltyMamas.com!
Here are 20 free printable busy bags full of fun kid's activities! Perfect for traveling and quiet time.
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
8 duplos, un pdf à imprimer plastifier, et c’est parti pour quelques minutes de liberté en vacances :) Correspondance terme à terme, repérage spatial … mais cette fois-ci, il s’ag…
These busy bag ideas are a great way keep kids entertained, especially when you need a simple boredom buster with minimal set up required. Having busy bags pre-filled and ready to go is an easy way to organize materials for spontaneous play time fun whenever inspiration strikes! You probably have many of the materials to […]
Looking for fun Back to School Themes to use in your classroom? Check out these fun, play-based preschool activities for the first few weeks of school. Lots of math, literacy, patterns, tracing and more hands-on fun.
10 FREE Printable Busy Bags to Keep Young Learners Engaged
I love busy bags to provide a quick activity for the kids. In our house I often use busy bags as transition activities between one set of activities and another. Busy bags are also super
These Road Trip Activity Bag Ideas are a great way to keep little ones entertained in the car, without a screen!
Travel busy bags for toddlers are the perfect activity for your little ones. Fun, educational, easy to make and can be used for travel or a restaurant.
So I know this week we have showed you how to do some pretty in depth sewing tutorials with the child’s backpack, mega card holder wallet and the hanging toiletry bag. I will say we saved the easiest sewing project for last. This little “busy bag” is the perfect way to keep your kids occupied on long car rides, in restaurants, or waiting in the doctor’s office.
Sweet Animal Printables to Keep the Kids Busy This sweet printable animal puzzle busy bag let's kids mix and match different parts of animals - either making animals as they should be or creating weird
Here’s a busy bag activity you can add to your shapes collection. All you need to make this simple activity are some large popsicle sticks and markers! Shapes on one side, names on the other. Start…
Creating a collection of Busy Bags was at the top of my To Do List this summer! My goal was to complete them before our vacation at the end of August, and time was rapidly running out. I finally began to peruse my Pinterest board, and although the ideas were incredible, I didn't have the time to make things from scratch. I had to come up with another idea! It's no secret that I love the Target Dollar Spot! I mean, who doesn't get sucked into the bins of $1 and $3 must have items?!? A few weeks ago, I was searching through the bins for items to keep our kids busy on our road trip, when it hit me: Why not use those items in Busy Bags? It made complete sense! At the beginning of the year, I made activity packs for Lily to play with while Liam was having therapy sessions in our home. It was a great way to organize large groups of items. I keep them in a storage ottoman and we still use them daily! Although we love the mesh activity packs, I wanted something that was easily portable. I wanted a wide variety of items that could be played with in our home, then stashed in our car for play on the go. Enter the Busy Bag Binder! A trip to Target was in order! I picked up the largest binder I could find, bought a bunch of clear pencil pouches (with binder holes) that were on sale for well under a dollar each, gathered some Dollar Spot items, and went to work! Here's what I came up with: Counting Blocks ($1)-Great for teaching Lily basic addition and subtraction, but they can also be used as building blocks! Alphabet Learning Puzzle ($1)-A great matching puzzle perfect for practicing letter recognition! Building Blocks ($1)-Girl colors for Lily! She loves building towers with them! Fairy Tale Friends ($1)-Mini figures for pretend play for my girls. Frozen Matching Game ($1) and Animals Flash Cards ($1)-A game for the girls and flashcards for Liam. Wild Animals ($1)-Pretend Play figures for Liam. Building Blocks ($1)-Different shapes and colors, but just as much fun! Curious George Play Pack ($1) and My Little Pony Play Pack ($1)-Crayons, Stickers, and a coloring book in each pack. Chipboard Lacing Shapes ($1)-Lacing shapes help with fine motor skills! Glitter n Glitz Puzzle ($1)-A more complicated puzzle for Lily. I cut out a small picture from the bag the puzzle came in to use as a guide and placed it in the bag with the puzzle pieces. Sticker Album and Stickers ($1)-This one is mainly for Lily. She loves stickers, and I love that she can fill up a keepsake album! Tangram Puzzle ($3)-I spent the most money on this item, because it was a higher quality wooden puzzle. Lily has to think harder to put it together and Liam can play with it, too! Once the Busy Bags were assembled, it was time to put our Busy Binder together! I created a simple cover and asked Lexie to draw some shapes. I slipped the cover into the front binder pocket, then chose 8 Busy Bags to keep in the binder. I stored the 4 remaining Busy Bags in a mini crate, and plan on swapping the bags every week. I was thrilled with the way my Busy Bags Binder turned out! So was Lily! The Busy Bags can be easily removed for play, then returned to the binder afterward. We have a strict "You must clean up one Busy Bag before you get another" rule in our house! Stay tuned for another round of Busy Bags coming your way soon! The next batch involves paper clips, flash cards, pipecleaners, golf balls, beads, rope, pool noodles, clay, and more! Do you have Busy Bags for your kids? LET'S CONNECT! TWITTER // FACEBOOK // INSTAGRAM // BLOGLOVIN // GOOGLE+ // PINTEREST
Have you noticed that I write a TON about quiet time activities in this space, but not a lot about busy bags? There is a reason for that! Quiet time in our home is about resting and allowing little ones some mindful time. Quiet time is FAR more than simply keeping little ones busy. I
Busy Bags are a great educational way to keep your toddler entertained. We've created 5 free printable activities for your tot's busy bags!
Are you looking for ways to keep your toddler busy? Are you looking for easy busy bag ideas? Check out these simple, easy to assemble busy bags
This fun diy I spy bag toy is perfect to make for that special preschooler in your life.
You're sure to get your little ones imaginations going with with this mini zoo busy bag that is small enough to pop into your bag and take anywhere.
Great collection of no mess busy bag ideas for 2 year and older!
This super easy busy bag idea for laundry is an easy DIY project to help your child stay busy.
These free printable busy bags are super simple to make--just print and play! Perfect for travel or as quiet time activities.
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
