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August 1, 2013

Fine Motor Weaving Busy Bag

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For this month’s Busy Bag of the Month I am sharing a fine motor skills busy bag that I got at my last swap!  One of my friends made this weaving busy bag and we have had so much fun with it I asked her if I could share it with everyone.

Weaving Busy Bag!  A fun way to develop fine motor skills on the go!

How to Make a Weaving Busy Bag

1.  Collect ribbons, pipe cleaners, string, yarn, whatever you have.

2.  Tie the end of each one to the end of a dish rack mat.

3.  Show your child how to weaving the ribbon in and out of the holes in the mat.

Fine Motor Skills Weaving Busy Bag

 My preschooler has so much fun with this weaving activity and I love that she is developing fine motor skills…with a smile!  

Busy Bag of the Month Series

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!

 Ocean Animal Busy Bag from The Educators’ Spin On It

Color Sorting for Toddlers Busy Bag from The Pleasantest Thing

Build a Book Kit Busy Bag from No Twiddle Twaddle

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.

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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Comments

  1. Melissa says

    August 1, 2013 at 6:34 pm

    Fun idea! I can see this keeping my preschooler busy for a long time. 🙂 Where did you get the dish rack mat?

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      August 4, 2013 at 1:39 pm

      She found them at the Dollar Tree! 🙂

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  2. Faye says

    January 5, 2016 at 9:11 pm

    As my hubby shakes his head at my stockpile of “stuff” that I hoard for daycare activities, it brings me joy that someone else (you) also found the exact same creative use for the Dollar Tree dish drain thingy. I purchased 6 (I work at home as a Family Child Care Provider, 20 years, and can care for up to 6 kiddos at a time), and collected all sorts of ribbons, yarn, even pipe cleaners etc, from Goodwill, St. Vincent DePaul etc., for the children to weave with. Love it!!

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      January 6, 2016 at 8:47 am

      Oh my goodness!!!! I love that!!! You’ll have to tell him we’re starting a club! 😉

      Reply

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