Busy Bag #3

I'm creating a stockpile of busy bags. I'm thinking this whole "terrible twos" thing is going to get worse before it gets better, so I'd better be prepared...

Busy Bag Number Three involves threading a piece of ribbon through some salt-dough circles. When we made salt-dough Christmas wreath ornaments back in December, I made some extra circles for a rainy day. Now that spring has sprung, I painted the circles pink on one side and green on the other. I used approximately one foot of purple grosgrain ribbon, and I attached a purple rhinestone on one end and tied a knot at the other end. Little hands can easily grasp the rhinestone to push it through the circles. My little one also likes laying all of the circles out on a flat surface and flipping all of the circles to the pink side, then all to the green side, and so on, and so on...

Shaving Foam Bath Paint

Another recent Pinterest-inspired project has been shaving foam bath paint!

After squirting some shaving foam into a muffin tin, I mixed 1-2 drops of food coloring into each cup. This is a super fun idea for a rainy day, and I'm thinking we will be doing this several more times in the upcoming months! My little one was so content to finger paint in the bathtub and mix all of the colors together. So exciting and easy, and it washes away effortlessly!

Busy Bag #2

Now that Easter is over, make your little one a busy bag and re-purpose those colorful plastic eggs!

Cut an egg carton in half, and place the plastic eggs inside. My little one loves taking the eggs out and putting them back in and mixing-and-matching all of the eggs!

 Just slip into a gallon-sized ziptop bag for storage until next time!

Our First "Busy Bag"

The tumultuously terrible twos... Something's got to give!

After seeing a lot of fun "busy bag" ideas on Pinterest, I made my little one's first bag last week, and it was a huge hit! She calls it her "color wheel and pins," and she sometimes says, "it's circle time!"

First, cut a circle out of cardboard and divide it into sixths. Then paint each section a different color, and paint one side of each clothespin a corresponding color which can be matched to the color wheel!
 

 I'm sure there will be many more busy bags in our very near future!