Have you heard of busy bags? If you are a parent of young children, you need to try them! Busy bags are activities designed for toddlers and preschoolers. Each busy bag contains a different little activity for them to complete. It can help them with fine motor skills, numbers and counting, colors, shapes, letters, etc. They are a great activity to have on hand for car rides, restaurants, and even at home when you are trying to get something done (like dinner!).
Recently, I got to be a part of a busy bag exchange with a few of my friends from our playgroup. We each made two busy bags activities; one for the toddler age group and one for the preschool age group. We each made enough of the same activity to swap with the entire group. Then on the night of the swap, we each went home with lots of different activities for our kids to do! It was so fun and pretty easy and affordable to complete the projects. And best of all, Bella LOVES them! She has tried out every activity we have, and asks to try one often. It is really handy to have when I want her to do something quiet while Elijah takes a nap, or when she needs to refocus some energy! She is able to do both the toddler and preschool activities now, and I think soon Elijah will be able to try some of them as well.
Here are few of Bella's favorites:
More counting cards
Counting Cards
Puzzles
Stringing beads onto pipe cleaners
She also really enjoys a 'memory' game we got, and a color matching game (I just didn't get pictures of them yet!).
Busy bags are a hit with us! I encourage you to check them out:)
No comments:
Post a Comment