Busy Bag Play Date

With Brady getting older, I've been trying to do 5-10min learning time right after Tanner lies down for a nap, then Brady reads books for the next 45-60min.  I started looking for some quiet busy activities that he could start doing because books for that long is getting harder for him.  I found a blog that did a busy bag swap!  I got a group of 10 people, and we each made 10 of the same busy bag, with each person choosing a different one.  I gave them a month to make it, and 2 weeks to choose what they were making.  We all posted on FB so we knew what each one had.  I decided to have the age group 2-4 yrs old.  I LOVED how it turned out!  I just wanted to share with you all the creativity my friends have!  PS... There are 11 because someone chose to make a bonus one!

Felt board with make your own face, ice cream cone, and Caterpillar with the cutest legs EVER!

Geo board! One of my favorites!  I LOVED how she used nuts and bolts so it's easier for the little fingers.  You can also make cards to go with it to challenge them to make specific shapes.

I Spy Bottle.  It didn't come with a page of items to look for, so I'll dump it out, take pictures.  Brady loves  shaking it, but needs help to point out objects.  Great for in the CAR!

Play Dough Mats!  This came with 10 different ones!  So fun!

Counting Train.  You can attache velcro or magnets to help them stay on better.

Magnet bottle.  Cut up pipe cleaners, safety pins, and paper clips to try to catch, and some pompoms and buttons for them to learn about what's magnetic and what's not.  Great for in the CAR!

I made this one... sewed 100 fish!  I didn'dt want to glue the felt because I was scared the small magnet would fall out.  I LOVED how they turned out!  ( may be biased a bit ).  Small size to fit in the purse/diaper bag.  Came with 10fish.

Velcro Posicle sticks.  Again, you can make cards to help them have ideas of shapes to build.  Small to fit in the purse/diaper bag

Velcro Rainbo Chain.  Perfect for little fingers and coordination. small for purse/diaper bag

Fun for all ages!  Small ones like to figure out the clothes pins, and big ones learn the Uppercase and Lower case letters. 

Counting caterpillars, with colors

During the month of getting ready, I chose to make about 20 more myself... addicted?  Probably.  I'll most those next.  Since we are going on a road trip I decided to separate them into good road trip ones, and and not so good... I'll let you know how the road trip goes with those activities!