HOW TO MAKE BUSY BAGS FOR LITTLE ONES --- LEARN & LINK W/ LINKY

 

 

 

This week we started a new year of homeschooling. I have been preparing for awhile for this new school year not just for my older children but for my younger children as well. Tomorrow my 2 older boys have a Lego co-op class, how do I keep my 2 and 4 year old kids busy while the class is in progress?

 

 

Two words ---- BUSY BAGS!

 

 

What is a busy bag you ask? It is a bag whether it be a Ziploc bag or an zippered pencil case bag or any smaller bag filled with hands on activities to keep your little one busy!

 

Most of what I have used I either had already or I purchased at the Dollar Tree. These bags are great for home and for on the go. They are the perfect solution to keep kids busy! I made a total of 16 bags which I plan on rotating.

 

 

Items:

Pom Poms

Empty Vitamin Bottle

Large Paper Clips

Index Cards

Stickers

Lacing

Small Tower Blocks

Piper Cleaners

Pony Beads

Foam Shapes

Plastic Bottles with Caps

Small Chalkboard With Chalk and Eraser

Small Connector Blocks

Small Books

Lacing Cards

Foam Puzzles

Dry Erase Book

Pool Noodles Cut in Chunks

Pick Up Sticks

Binder Rings

Small Etch a Sketch

Magnetic Doodles

Straws

Safety Kids Scissors

 

For each item I placed in it's own zippered pencil case which this week they are selling for a penny at Office Depot!

 

 

How they are used:

From left to right: golf tee's go in the triangle, the binder rings open and close and the child can connect them together, foam puzzle - build, dry erase activity book, chalk board the child can write or draw and then erase with the foam eraser, connector blocks we got in a Wendy's kids meal a few years ago, take 2 plastic bottles with attached tops and have the child transfer items from one to another - I used foam shapes, Learning cards and small pocket game which were on clearance and a hand me down, plastic travel size bricks.

 

 

How they are used:

From left to right have the child cut the straws, poke the Pick Up Sticks in the cut pool noddles they can even build with them, Magnetic Doodles, Coloring pad and crayons, Jumbo size paper clips they can clip to index cards, Small books and a sheet of stickers. I randomly placed stickers on index cards my kids will take the matching stickers off the sticker sheet and stick it on the index cards, pipe cleaners can be strung with the pony beads, plastic travel blocks and lacing cards.

 

I have some of the larger items in Ziploc bags because the zippered pencil bags are too small. Look around your home what do you have that you can use in your busy bags you will be surprised what you find!

 

 

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