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April 26, 2013

Screen Free Week Activities: Busy Bags!

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Are you looking for some fun Screen Free Week activities to do with your kids next week? 

Then you’ve come to the right place! 

A bunch of kid bloggers have gotten together for a Screen Free Activities and Resources Blog Hop.

Busy Bag Activities for Screen Free Week

If you are used to letting your kids watch a TV show here and there for some downtime then the thought of going screen free for a whole week might seem a little intimidating.  None of us can be “on” all day long! 

Busy bags are little activities that you prep in advance that your kids can play and learn with independently…the perfect way to get the downtime you all may need without turning on the TV!

Here are 10 fun busy bag activities to get you started!

1.  Three Craft Stick Busy Bags from Making Boys Men

2.  Clothespin Flower Matching from Toddler Approved

3.  What Time is it? A Telling Time Review Game from Mom to 2 Posh Lil Divas

Busy Bag Fun

4.  Number Wheel Busy Bag from Money Saving Mom

5.  Pom Pom Tong Transfer from The Princess and the Tot

6. Lego Duplo Building Inspiration Busy Bag from All Our Days

7.  Bottle Top Calculator from Learn with Play at home

8.  Broken Heart Puzzles from Coffee Cups and Crayons {me!}

Sticker story bag

9.  Sticker Story Bag from The Pleasantest Thing

10. The Little Inquiry Bag from Childhood 101

…and if 10 ideas are not enough, here’s our Busy Bag Pinterest Board!

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. Kim @ The Educators' Spin On It says

    April 26, 2013 at 10:10 pm

    One of my goals this week was to make a few busy bags for my 2 year old and really teach her how to use them. Thank you so much for hosting this and sharing such a wonderful idea! Looking forward to next week and hearing how everyone’s goes.

    Reply
  2. Ali says

    April 29, 2013 at 7:36 am

    Great link Megan, I am very tempted to have a screen free week.

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 30, 2013 at 9:45 am

      You should!!! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Melissa says

    April 30, 2013 at 10:23 am

    These are awesome ideas! Busy bags have always really appealed to me for a variety of reasons so I’m always looking for more ideas.

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      April 30, 2013 at 10:20 pm

      Yay! Glad they were helpful! Feel free to leave links to some of your favorites, I’d love to check them out!

      Reply
  4. Jennifer says

    May 12, 2013 at 10:27 pm

    I’d love for you to share your family-friendly crafts and ideas at Monday Kid Corner at thejennyevolution.com. See you at the party!

    Jennifer

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  5. Melissa says

    November 25, 2013 at 11:28 am

    I found your site looking for a shoelace practice board to make for my littles and I am so glad I did!!! So much fun stuff on here to make for the kiddos… Now to find some moms wanting to do a swap and it would be perfect!
    N

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      November 25, 2013 at 3:56 pm

      Yes! Start chatting up your friends because going home with a bunch of new activities is awesome!

      Reply

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