Busy Bag Games and Activities



Category Activities
Badge Homecraft
Time to allocate (mins) 30
Outcome To make educational games and toys for the busy bags (to be gifted to an Early Childhood Development Centre)
Resources

Foam

Laces

Number cards (printed on card or stuck to card)

Pritt

Ice cream sticks

Paint

Velcro dots

Puzzle template

Puzzle pictures

Instructions

Foam lacing shapes:

  • Sheet of foam in various colors (cardboard also works if you are in a pinch!)
  • Laces – Either a shoe lace or special lacing pack with the ends in plastic for easy threading.
  • Shapes of your choice or you can freehand it.
  • Pen, scissors and a hole punch.

Select a shape and trace it on your foam. (Can use large biscuit cutters).

Make as many shapes as you want and cut them out.  Use your hole punch to make holes for the laces around the edges. Try not to get too close to the edge because your foam will tear with the force of lacing if you do.

Velcro sticks:

  • Craft sticks –can be painted different colours
  • Velcro dots

Attach velcro dots to every end of the jumbo popsicle stick making sure that you use the same kind of dot on the same side and the other for the other side.

Match and count number cards:

Cards printed on cardboard

Cubs to cut out and paste on cardboard if not printed on card

Puzzle:

Cut out pictures and paste on card

On other size, paste/draw puzzle template

Cut out puzzle shapes


Entry written by Sharon Venn of 1st Randburg

Documents

Number card template free-match-and-counting-cards-1.pdf
Puzzle template puzzle.png
Pictures Pictures.rar