Busy Bag Swap Ideas and Signup

Option 1 - letter building

Option 2 - 3-4 lock and key sets intertwined

Option 3 - Magnetic pompoms with approx 10 mats

Option 4 - Magnetic shapes with 4-5 patterns to follow

Option 5 - Marbles, either 2 sets of tub treads with marbles or styrofoam block, marbles and golf tees

Option 6 - matching, roughly 10-12 pr, using paper, cards, poker chips, baby food lids

option 7 - roughly 10-12 playdoh mats with small container of playdoh or some form of homemade playdoh

Option 8 - measuring different lengths of strings/ribbons

Option 9 - dual color wheel and number wheel, either one on each side or
combined

Option 10 - nuts and bolts, maybe some washers added

Option 11 - Paint bags, at least 1 gallon size and 2 quart sized

Option 12 - PB&J game

option13 - pipe cleaners and can, any kind of can (pringles, sour cream, formula, etc)

option 14 - felt pizza

option 15 - pompoms, some sort of pinchers (tongs, tweezers, clothes pin) and 2 types of containers for transferring 

option 16 - pony beads and pipe cleaners

option 17 - popsicle stick shapes - roughly 4 sets

option 18 - pompom poke, any kind of container with lid works

option 19 - shadow puzzles - at least 2 sheets of 5

option 20 - shape puzzles - at least 2-3 cards as shown

option 21 - button snakes - 1-2 snakes and at least 15 pieces of felt

option 22 - popsicle stick puzzles, 3 is a good number

option 23 - felt road with 1-2 cars

option 24 - Tracing, At least full set of upper and lower case ABCs, can add shapes, numbers, or a page of random lines to introduce tracing - include 1-2 dry erase markers or washable crayons

option 25 - Highway Tracks, can include ABCs, numbers, shapes, etc - include one car

option 26 - button Turkey - include 5-7 feathers 

option 27 - twist ties, or pipe cleaners - to induce creativity

option 28 - lacing game, can use pool nodles, beads, cut straws, etc - try to include 10-15 pieces, 1-2 strings, and 5-7 color patterns and 5-7 number patterns

option 29 - lacing cards - include at least 3-4 cards and 3-4 shoe laces or strings

option 30 - ice cream pattern game

option 31 - Easter eggs and egg carton

option 32 - magnetc faces

option 33 - fishing game - 1-2 fishing poles and 5-8 fish

option 34 - geo board - include one bought or homemade board - several rubber bands and/or potholder looms, may include a few grids showing different pictures to replicate

option - 35 - Clothesline Game - include string, clothespins, and 8-10 items of clothing

option 36 - cupcake decorating, include 2-4 complete cupcake sets with decorations

option 37 - some form of paper dolls

option 38 - sensory bottles - include at least 3 bottles, no more than 6 per bag

option 39 - Story blocks - include 5-8 blocks with different pictures stamped on them

option 40 - Size sorting - include approx 4-5 pictures with 3-5 sizes each



Option 41 - ABC wheel - include 2-3 wheels and full set of clothes pins

Option 42 - craft sticks and velcro for making shapes and designs - approx 15 sticks with velcro on all four "corners" and approx 5 with velcro on one side only

Option 43 - felt shapes, can be used to make pictures, sort colors, sort shapes, etc. Shown here inside of a DVD case. Have at least one background, include at least 4-5 colors and approx 30+pieces.  

Option 44 - bottle and pebbles, rocks, marbles, etc. Activity for putting things in and taking them out. Include at least 20 pieces that will fit in the bottle.

Option 45 - paint chip sorting. Include 5 colors and 5 shades. After sorting the colors, they can sort darkest to lightest and vice versa.