Find over 100 fun and engaging busy bags for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten and elementary kids, too — perfect for on the go!
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, […]
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
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
Busy bag ideas for travel with kids! Simple busy bag activities and toys for portable small world play, art and craft with your toddler or children!
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...
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
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…
This build a burger set allows your child creativity in building their own burger and teachable moments for parents with the burger pattern sets.
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
These free busy bag printables are a great way to keep kids busy at appointments, in the car, or at restaurants. They are so easy to set up!
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. […]
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
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.
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
**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 …
Keep kids occupied, quiet and learning with fun busy bags. Kids learn while they play! These busy bags are perfect for preschool and toddlers.
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.
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.
Here are 20 free printable busy bags full of fun kid's activities! Perfect for traveling and quiet time.
Lacing provides a great opportunity for fine motor skills and makes for a wonderful busy bag. I recently saw a pack in the toy store in the city and thought my 4 year old would love to give that a try.
Keep kids occupied, quiet and learning with fun busy bags. Kids learn while they play! These busy bags are perfect for preschool and toddlers.
Keeping kids entertained on-the-go is never easy! This awesome Dollar Tree hack means I had 4 busy bag activities easily stored for both kids to enjoy during our vacation. My kids are 18 months and 5 years old. They are used to being out and about- restaurants, car rides, appointments etc. But I do like to be prepared with some form of entertainment. Yes of course sometimes this is screen based, and yes of course sometimes it is snack based! But my kids also respond really well to busy bags and activity packs. Here's all the details about a simple busy binder I put together after a trip to our local dollar store, the Dollar Tree. The whole project cost less than $15! What you need: - A4 ringbinder - ring binder pencil pouches x 4 - white card - crayons - pencils - line markers (normal markers are fine too) - rainbow sticker note flags - dot stickers - character stickers (anything will do, we used superheroes) - mini deco tape (washi tape) - fastener dots - colored craft sticks (same width as fastener dots) As I picked out the materials I had a rough idea of how I would use them in each pouch, but I also knew that the kids would be happy just exploring the new items. Here's how I split the materials, and the activities that I set up in each pouch. Pouch 1: Colored Lines Match Materials: A4 card cut in half, line markers, rainbow sticker note flags. Activity: use the line markers to match the colored note flag stickers. I made a few pre-set cards ready for the kids to match up using the line markers. I also threw in plenty of blank card as I know they'll enjoy exploring the different line patterns on the markers. I'm sure big bro will enjoy making simplified color match activities for baby sis. Pouch 2: Dot Sticker Colors & Numbers Materials: white card cut into quarters & small strips, dot stickers, matching color crayons. Activities: match the dot sticker to the colored cross on the small strips, and complete the dot sticker sum cards. For baby sis I made simple small strips of card with four colored crosses on ready for her to stick the correct color dot sticker onto. Big bro had some numeracy work, with cards showing colored numbers ready for him to add stickers and solve the sum. Pouch 3: Tape & Sticker Cards Materials: A4 white card cut in half and then folded in half to make mini cards, pencils, mini deco tapes, stickers. Activity: decorate cards to give to someone special. This is simply an activity where my kids can get artsy and creative. The activity involves making a card using the tape and stickers. They can choose who it is for and what it looks like. A great opportunity to sneak in some literacy for big bro too! Pouch 4: Craft Stick Sculptures Materials: colored craft sticks & fastener dots. Activity: create shapes & sculptures using the craft sticks. My kids love building and engineering but I didn't want to contend with LEGOs being dropped all over the floor. The velcro fasteners will make this activity new and exciting for my kids and should get their creative juices flowing, and fine motor skills working. Four fun pouches full of hands on learning and play, all for under $15. And best of all, the materials are easily contained in a binder! Perfect for on-the-go play!
My girls love to color. Give them a pack of post-it notes, and they are busy for hours. These DIY Travel Coloring Case are a parent's live saver!
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
Boredom, be gone!
Learn how to make and use busy boxes for kids of all ages.
Counting money is an activity that kids can easily take an interest in, and is something that we want to encourage. Doing this in a visual, hands-on way is best for learning. However, we don't always want to give our kids access to tons of real money to practice this. Here
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 […]
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
The only thing worse than a bored toddler at a restaurant is a hungry toddler at a restaurant. That's why you need a Restaurant Busy Bag!
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+
20 great toddler busy bag ideas along with how to do your own Busy Bag Exchange - make 20 identical busy bags and then get 20 different ones back!
These free busy bag printables are a great way to keep kids busy at appointments, in the car, or at restaurants. They are so easy to set up!
A no sew portable road busy bag for kids.
Dozens of educational busy bag ideas to keep your little one engaged while learning! A ton of free printable busy bag ideas included!
Boredom, be gone!
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, […]
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
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 free printable busy bags are super simple to make--just print and play! Perfect for travel or as quiet time activities.
Find over 100 fun and engaging busy bags for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten and elementary kids, too — perfect for on the go!
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
