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September 17, 2015

Fine Motor Spider Busy Bag

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Need 20 minutes to make dinner or help a sibling with homework? Or even just want to finish a cup of coffee before it gets cold? Then you will love this adorable spider busy bag!

Busy bags are one of those things you need to have in your life if you have small kids.They’re self contained activities that kids can do on their own. Over and over again. Prep them once and stick them in a gallon size bag and you can get a lot of use out of them.

A Spider Fine Motor and Number Matching Busy Bag! Simple, adorable, fun!

This cute little spider doesn’t just keep kids busy–she can help them practice number identification and improve their fine motor skills too!

Spider Busy Bag

  • paper plate
  • googly eyes
  • glue
  • permanent markers
  • clothespins
  • gallon sized plastic bag

The cutest fine motor preschool spider busy bag ever!

Make your spider by gluing on the eyes and drawing a smile. Then write the numbers 1-8 on the sides of the spider. If your child or class doesn’t need to work on numbers you can customize it. Write letters, math facts, color words or whatever else works best for you.

I wrote numbers on the sides of the number and dots on the clothespins to work on number identification and one to one correspondance. Kids play by matching the the number of dots on the clothespin to the correct number on the plate.

Easy Preschool Spider Busy Bag! A spider fine motor and number identification activity kids can do again and again!

This spider busy bag also helps kids strengthen their fine motor skills. Developing fine motor skills can take a lot of practice and letting little fingers work to move and clip the clothespins is one of the ways to make that practice fun.

If you are ready to have some fun (and quiet time!) with busy bags you’ll love this Pumpkin Number Matching Busy Bag too!

Pumpkin Number Matching Math Busy Bag

And just when you thought it couldn’t get any better than spider and pumpkin busy bags…I’ve got more fun ideas for you!

17 FUN Busy Bags and other fall activities preschool kids will LOVE!

From left to right:

Halloween Words // The Pleasantest Thing

Fall Leaves In and Out Activity // Still Playing School

Pumpkin Alphabet Puzzles // Modern Preschool

Sunflower Playdough Mats for the Numbers 1-10 // Life Over Cs

Fall Leaves Quiet Book // Teach My Mommy

Pumpkin Count and Clip Cards // Playdough to Plato

Apple Fine Motor Play // Adventures of Adam

Free Fall Themed Mazes // Powerful Mothering

Free Pumpkin Colors Booklet // Stay At Home Educator

Fall Nature I Spy Bottle // Mama. Papa. Bubba.

Fall Alphabet // Preschool Inspirations

Fine Motor Spider // Coffee Cups and Crayons

Pete the Cat Pumpkin // Think Magnet

Fall Interactive Book // Liz’s Early Learning Spot

Free Pumpkin Number Mats // The Kindergarten Connection

Fall Playdough Busy Bag // Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

Counting with Acorns // Play and Learn Everyday

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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