All three of my kids love to build and create and ask to take their Lego bricks with them into the tub and the pool. To give them blocks that can easily go in and out of water and won’t get lost down the drain I made them blocks made out of pool noodles!
My kids had so much fun with them that I decided to make sets to give out to my friends at one of our Moms Night Out Busy Bag Swaps! To make the bags my husband and I cut up pool noodles into lots of different shapes with scissors and steak knives.
Then I packaged the blocks into mesh bags for storage and easy drying. These are very easy to put together!
Blocks are such a great toy for encouraging creativity and problem solving in kids and these pool noodle blocks are no different. They are so much fun in the tub and great to take with you while traveling!
We are hosting our own online form of a Busy Bag Swap every month with our Busy Bag of the Month Series! Go and see what the other busy bag bloggers have done!
Counting Apples Busy Bag from The Educators’ Spin On It
Touch and Feel ABCs Busy Bag from The Pleasantest Thing
No Sew Portable Road Play Set from And Next Comes L
You can see all of our past busy bag posts {plus even more ideas we’ve collected} on our Busy Bags for the Kiddos! Pinterest board.
Pool season is almost over where I am…but I don’t care! I’m making these blocks and using them for 2 more weeks! (plus, as you said, there’s always the tub!)
Plus they don’t hurt if you throw them! Ha!
I love creative ideas for every day things! Just stopping by to welcome you to the Social Fabric Community!
Thanks Jennifer!!!
These look like so much fun! I love love to take these to the beach.
Thanks JDaniel4’s Mom!!! I almost didn’t post them because they are really so simple, but I’m glad I did!