Craft Gossip

The largest independent craft review site since 2007

10 Busy Bags To Keep Kids Busy

by

I have been using busy bags to keep my children occupied since they were babies, they are 10 and 12 now. I still think busy bags would work at restaurants when they get fed up waiting for food or fed up looking at each other. Especially since phones are now a common dinner table activity it is very hard to stop them from touching their devices when every family around us is on them. I think busy bags with table top games would work wonders for those children who are not able to just sit and “people watch”.

But these busy bags are the perfect idea for younger children. I love the bags Powerfulmothering has used as they are easy to see in and quick to grab. If you are looking for busy bags for younger kids then you need to visit her blog and check them all out in this detailed article.  You could easily pop these bags together in an hour or less and it will literally give you hours of grab and go activities when you are out and about, travelling or unable to muster the energy to parent.

Read These Next

Have you read?

Snow Globe Crafts for Kids

Whether you have snow where you live or are on the wrong side of the world for that, these snow glob crafts for kids are a lot of fun to put together at home or in the classroom.

If you want to keep it super basic, you can download some snow globe coloring pages from Monday Mandala and have kids drawn in their own images (or color in what is there for the ones that are already filled). This could be a fun way to play with different media, having kids paint in one, draw in another, or use crayons in one, colored pencils in another, etc.

Or you can add your kid (or a classroom full of kids) to snowglobes with this craft from Twitchetts. It’s easy to make and fun for kids to help with, too.

You can also make snow globes with paper plates pretty easily, and there are lots of different options out there that should give you some ideas. This one from In the Playroom uses blue glittery pompoms as the snow and has a snowman in the background (though you can use whatever you want).

Mas and Pas uses a clear plate on top of a regular plate to make its snow globe, and Daydream into Reality just uses a paper plate to make the snow globe shape but there’s no snow involved. Their template includes different images you can put in the snow globe, or draw your own.

If you want to make a snow globe without the watery (so potentially less mess) you can make a waterless snow globe out of a plastic cup with this tutorial from The Pragmatic Parent. It uses tiny foam balls as the snow. Tidy Mom’s version uses a real glass jar and fake snow to flurry around.

And if you’re OK with using liquids in your snow globe, which will allow the snow to flutter like in a real snow globe, check out this version from 123 Homeschool 4 Me, which uses water and baby oil.