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November 29, 2016 By Chelsey 41 Comments This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy here.

THE BEST BUSY BAGS EVER: TONS of ACTIVITIES

This is the best place to find the most adorable and entertaining busy bags. They are easy to assemble and the printables are FREE in our Facebook Group if you are following us on Instagram and Pinterest. Otherwise, get them for super cheap in our shop. These learning activities are designed to teach endless skills. My son begs to play these games daily and it entertains him, literally, for hours.I made a bag for each of the activities to keep in the toy room.  My son can’t read the words yet so he peeks in all the bags and picks out the one he wants to play first. I use this. They are small and allow of lots of colors to fit into a little bag. Find all these printables at the bottom of the post! 

TO MAKE THE FUN TOTE BAGS:

I used a silhouette portrait machine to cut out the words on a heat transfer sheet. Then ironed them to these little tote bags that I got from Oriental Trading (check out their education section for lots of fun products).  They turned out so stinkin’ cute.  I made a bag for each of the activities to keep in the toy room.  My son can’t read the words yet so he peeks in all the bags and picks out the one he wants to play first.

Also, on a side note, if you have kids between the ages of 4-7, I just found this offer for getting two of those fun Highlights Kid’s Books for free (pay shipping and handling).


At home with the kids? Instantly access any of these printable activity bundles to keep them learning!


PLAY DOH GAMES

I designed these games to teach skills for molding shapes of familiar objects that they can visualize and then create.  Carrots, chocolate chips, apples on a tree, candles, legs on octopus, sand castle, burgers on a grill, worms, bubbles, pancakes, snowman face, glasses and mustache on a boy.  I designed two of the play doh mats on 1 page. Printer friendly and easy to fit in any bag or box.

If you want to get all of the printables you can purchase them here.

play doh busy bags

PLAY DOH GAMES BUSY BAG grill play doh

SCRABBLE TILE WORDS BUSY BAG

My son is three and knows all his letters and sounds but when playing this game, he read his VERY FIRST WORD! He picks out his “magic card” he calls it. Then finds the letters that are on the card, puts them in order and sounds out the word. It was so fun to see his little mind working so hard. And he did it! GET THE Scrabble PRINTABLES HERE: Scrabble Spelling Busy Bag

scrabble tile busy bag

ANIMAL MATCHING BUSY BAG

These cards have pictures of animals. The object of this activity is to match the little animal figures to the card. Get the Animal free printables here.

animal matching game busy bag

GROCERY SHOPPING BUSY BAG

Go shopping for some fresh fruit. This game comes with 5 different grocery lists and a shopping cart. Pick and list and put the correct amount of fruit into the basket. My boy loves to pretend to eat them after he finishes and spreads them out again on the table ready for another round.  This game teaches number recognition and counting. Again, I ask endless questions about colors, shapes, size, numbers, total number of fruit. You can find all of the cute little fruit here and the PRINTABLES here: Grocery Shopping Busy Bag.

grocery shopping busy bag grocery shopping busy bag

COLOR SORTING

Color sorting bowls and animals are really fun. Sometimes I have him sort all the animals in the correct colored bowls and sometimes I will choose certain animals to go in each bowl. For example: Please sort the orange pigs and the blue bunnies in their matching bowl. When the animals are all mixed up on the table this gives a great challenge.  Also there is a printable for this color sorting game. The idea is to match the size of colored animal to the dots in the paper strip. It is really fun. Even with out a paper you can line up a pattern and have your child duplicate it.  The small dots represent small animals and the large dots for the larger animals.  There are endless possibilities for entertainment and learning with these colored animals. Get the printable here: Color Sorting Busy Bag Printables

sorting games busy bag

ORDER A BURGER

These adorable hamburgers are just too fun and cute for words. With this game, first start by picking out a pattern strip. Then, beginning from the bottom bun of the burger, build up, add each of the condiments and top with the other hamburger bun. They are really fun.  Get the printables here: Build a Burger Busy Bag Printables

burger sequence game busy bag Build a hamburger busy bag

TRACING GAMES

These tracing games are fantastic learning activities for kids. Some ideas of questions to ask could be: Which number is the 2? Which letters are in your name? Which shape looks like an egg?  I laminate all of my activities with the laminator found here.  Get the printables here: Tracing Games Busy Bag

tracing busy bag

FARMER MARKET

Sort these adorable fruits and veggies to their correct crate. Good luck teaching just where that yummy tomato belongs! Haha! Get the printables here: Farmer’s Market Busy Bag Printables

farmers market busy bag - Free Printable!

If you plan on putting together most of these busy bags, I suggest getting the Learning Resources Super Sorting Set

If you want to get all of the printables you can purchase them here. Or you can get them free in our Facebook Group if you are following us on Instagram and Pinterest. 🙂 .   

 I hope you and your child absolutely love these busy bag learning games!  Make sure you pin this post for later, and share them with your friends and family!

best busy bags ever

SO MANY FUN (AND FREE) BUSY BAG PRINTABLES! I LOVE IT!

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Hi. My name is Chelsey! I have an amazing husband and 4 beautiful kiddos. I love photography, doing DIY and creating my own. I collect vintage suitcase, bags and high waist skirts (just have 26 right now). Mustard is pretty much my favorite color and I believe it looks go with everything! I am a crazy party planner, and love to have to crank up the music and have dance parties with my kids. I prefer cookies over cookie dough and cake batter over cake!

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Comments

  1. najiakhedr says

    December 16, 2016 at 6:05 pm

    Problem with the link for the hamburger pattern. It links to the playdoh mats and the picture links to Amazon.

    Reply
    • mihochka says

      March 3, 2017 at 4:08 am

      I clicked the title above the picture and got to the right page.

  2. Collette says

    December 22, 2016 at 1:05 pm

    These are incredible! Thank you so much! I ran out of ink after printing the play dough set but am excited to finish printing and laminating these!

    Reply
  3. RichardMMulder says

    January 2, 2017 at 12:24 pm

    I would love to download the Hamburger game, but it sends you to the play dough mats page. Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply
    • TiffanOaks says

      January 9, 2017 at 10:05 pm

      click on the part that says BUILD A BURGER

    • TiffanOaks says

      January 9, 2017 at 10:07 pm

      I’m sorry I meant ORDER A BURGER

    • RichardMMulder says

      January 12, 2017 at 11:16 am

      Thanks so much!

  4. Suzy says

    January 5, 2017 at 6:28 am

    Great resources!!! Do you have the hamburger link?

    Reply
    • TiffanOaks says

      January 9, 2017 at 10:09 pm

      click under the photo of it where it says ORDER A BURGER

  5. Mom of 6 says

    January 12, 2017 at 4:03 pm

    Thank you so much for this incredible resource!

    Reply
  6. juanita says

    January 24, 2017 at 4:01 am

    I’m very, very, very happy with these resources. I just can’t stop printing. I’m super excited to play with my 2-year old. I only came across it recently.

    Reply
  7. Angie says

    February 7, 2017 at 9:00 pm

    These are amazing! Would you sell these busy bags?

    Reply
  8. Busy New Momma says

    February 13, 2017 at 9:27 am

    How did you make your bags to contain the different activities? Those are darling!

    Reply
  9. Busy New Momma says

    February 13, 2017 at 9:43 am

    And where did you get your animals for your animal matching game?

    Reply
  10. Leslie says

    February 18, 2017 at 1:13 pm

    I might have missed it but what size bag did you use?

    Reply
  11. beachbumbissellTracey says

    March 1, 2017 at 10:34 pm

    I printed some of your sheets and covered the top with clear contact paper since i already had some. I took them to my grandkids’ house this morning. My three-year old grandson was delighted with the play doh sheets! I’m going to blog about it and give your blog address.

    Reply
  12. fransiska says

    April 7, 2017 at 10:37 am

    i love it sooo mmuucchhh…thanks

    Reply
  13. Stephanie says

    April 24, 2017 at 3:56 pm

    Love all these ideas! Thank you. I don’t know if I missed it somewhere but how do you laminate your papers?

    Reply
  14. Julia McBride says

    June 5, 2017 at 1:28 pm

    These are all too adorable and so much fun! I have printed and laminated them ALL and my 2 year old loves them! They keep her busy mind occupied! I noticed in the video clip that there were “boat dock” and “parking lot” sheets. Are those available as well? Thanks again for sharing! I love you and your blog for making my life a little easier during the day and while at church or in the car.

    Reply
  15. Heather says

    June 25, 2017 at 3:56 pm

    Did you just use heat transfer vinyl for your bags? And are they basic craft bags?

    Reply
  16. Dawn Gill says

    July 27, 2017 at 7:28 am

    Hi I’ve tried to download the build a burger busy bag printables and the link keeps going to the play doh printables. The burger ones don’t seem to be there? Thanks

    Reply
    • [email protected] says

      August 11, 2017 at 1:40 pm

      Me too! I’d love to have this for the plane ride next week!

  17. Mal says

    August 15, 2017 at 1:21 pm

    What a wonderful resource to have stumbled upon! Can’t wait to print & use these! Thanks so much for sharing!!!!!

    Reply
  18. saheb says

    August 16, 2017 at 2:10 pm

    play do games download link not working, redirect to the same page. plz help

    Reply
  19. Stephane says

    August 18, 2017 at 6:37 am

    I have tried to get the play dough mats, but when I go to the page and subscribe it never sends the link to the mats. I’ve checked spam and junk mail. I really love these and I am sure my students would too. Can someone help me?

    Reply
    • Vanessa Petronijević says

      October 3, 2017 at 11:42 am

      same problem here!

  20. Rebecca Rainone says

    August 20, 2017 at 3:59 pm

    These look awesome I want to make something similar to the playdoh mats for my Kindergarten students and have a number at the top so they can practice 1 to 1 correspondence. Anyway you can help me figure out how or if you have a TPT account I’ll buy if you can add numbers!

    Reply
    • Tina M says

      August 30, 2017 at 11:38 am

      We have a numbers and counting version coming soon!

  21. Melinda says

    September 17, 2017 at 7:05 pm

    This all looks so great! I signed up for the newsletter but it didn’t include the play doh mats. Did I do something wrong?

    Reply
  22. Lisa Ng says

    October 4, 2017 at 1:54 am

    Hi, just subscribed and the playdough mats aren’t on my download either, how do we get it?

    Reply
  23. Rebecca Meakin says

    October 12, 2017 at 9:10 pm

    I keep trying to get the free printables and the link just doesn’t work. I keep entering my email for the newsletters but nothing happens. What’s going on?

    Reply
  24. clarissa says

    October 22, 2017 at 7:40 pm

    I have entered my email as well to get the free printables and nothing has been sent to me, what can I do to get them? -Thanks!

    Reply
  25. Heidi Kamaly says

    December 29, 2017 at 2:09 pm

    Love all these printables- I can’t wait to use them next week for nutrition week! By any chance, are the transportation ones available as well?

    Reply
    • Heidi Kamaly says

      December 29, 2017 at 2:13 pm

      Also, I can’t figure out what the colored dot page is for. Maybe I missed it- can you help? Thanks!
      -Really cute activities. 🙂

  26. Brittany says

    January 11, 2018 at 12:19 pm

    How do I get the play-doh printables?

    Reply
  27. Heather says

    January 14, 2018 at 10:42 am

    Love this! Where did you get the farm animal counters for this activity??

    Reply
  28. Leigh says

    February 18, 2018 at 5:35 am

    Thank you so much for the free downloads!!! These are great and I can hardly wait to get them laminated for my 3 year old and later her baby sister.

    Reply
  29. Ashley says

    February 24, 2018 at 9:39 am

    I tried to sign up to get the busy bag games and the play dough mats.. I can’t seem to find where the play dough mats are. I would really like to have all of the mats if possible. Thank you.

    Reply
  30. kami shipp says

    February 27, 2018 at 10:34 am

    I seem to be having the same problem as most other comments I downloaded the printable but didn’t get the play doh mats. Has anyone been able to get these or gotten a response??

    Reply
  31. Kara Janes says

    April 22, 2018 at 3:46 pm

    I purchased the Fruits and Vegetables Sorting Bag a few weeks ago and I got a confirmation email/order number right away but I haven’t received any link to actually access the printable for the sorting game. Can you help?

    Reply
  32. Vasti says

    November 17, 2018 at 1:46 am

    Hi, where did you buy the little fruits and animal?

    Reply

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