With an upcoming trip to California in November, I am actively hunting out busy bag ideas to keep the girls entertained on the flight and during quiet evenings in our time share. I need ideas!!!
Example of the Pre K swap contents from unsolicited Advice's site
Busy bags are basically little plastic baggies (although some people use those zippered pencil cases) with self-guided activities in them that the kids can work on themselves or with very little help. They help with skills, learning or may just be for fun. Activities include such things such as lacing cards, matching games, drawing and coloring, paper dolls, etc.
So while Googling "Busy Bags for Kids" I found this wonderful momma blogger who is giving away a box of 10 toddler busy bags! How cool is that?! To enter into this giveaway you must become a follower of her blog, check out her buddy's blog, share this giveaway on your own blog or social networking site, then leave a comment on her post with a little info. Easy smeezy!
A few of the busy bag activities include Brown, Bear, Brown Bear activities, a button snake, pompom stuff & MANY more!
The giveaway ends September 23rd at 6 am so hurry and enter! I know I am!
My youngest daughter, Little Big Stuff, loves these rice rusk baby treats called Mum-Mums. I love them because they are made especially for teething babies and dissolve easily in their mouth, with no mess. I like that I can give them to her with little fear of her choking on them. Anyhow, since they are so awesome, I find myself always reaching for them to put in her diaper bag.
However, by snack time, when I go to open them, its all broken small pieces and crumbs. SO ANNOYING!
The Crystal Light container holds 3 packs of Mum-Mums, with each pack
containing two rice rusk treats.
That's when I got the idea to use the Crystal Light container I had been saving (I was intending it to be an eyeglass/sunglass case, but I can always make one of those later-another blog post, I am sure!). It was the perfect size! And since the container is hard plastic, it protects the Mum-Mums (and other similar sized snacks, such as granola bars) from being crushed under toys, wipe containers, bottles, and the other necessities I tote around in my diaper bag. How neat is that?! I might get around to decorating it all cutesy, but until then, I know my daughter's favorite snack will continue to be readily available during all of our outings.
Oh and here is a little video review I made of Baby Mum-Mums (pardon the no makeup, un-did hair, LOL):
Moms- what other uses have you found for Crystal Light containers?
