Idea List for Toddler & Preschooler Activity Bags

Just picture this made out of smaller branches, all fitting in a ziplock bag...

After my activity bag post ran recently over on The Natural Parents Network, I was inspired by others forming swaps to give it a go again, this time with my local Attachement Parenting group.  This is my first time organizing, though I’ve participated in two other swaps with folks online.  We had enough interest to [...]

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Activity Bags Fun over on Natural Parents Network!

As of yesterday I am on a blog haitus while I transition this blog to new blogging software, but you can still find me over at the Natural Parents Network! Have you checked it out yet?  Do it!  They have an amazing lineup of great bloggers writing about all aspects of natural parenting, and I [...]

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Pasta Dyeing, Beading and Sorting Fun!

Dyed Pasta Drying

Awhile back, this post ran over on The Foster Family Blog as a guest post.  Thank you, Jennifer, for letting me share this with your readers! I thought I’d repost it here, now, so that its here with the rest of my toddler activity bag posts.  Its a fun one!

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When [...]

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Activity Bag Fun: Flubber!

When I was in high school, I was required to do volunteer in the school or community a certain number of hours a year.  I chose to volunteer at OMSI, the local science museum, every Sunday morning —  a very chill time in terms of number of visitors, most of the time.  I worked in [...]

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Toddler Activity Bags: Playmat fun!

Mini Shower Curtain Playmat

When I was trying to think up some new and interesting activity bags recently, I remembered a couple posts I had seen about shower curtain playmats.  They are so cool!  I first heard about them through Jen (I think?), who had linked over to Filth Wizardry’s excellent how-to post about this.  I still have yet to [...]

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Toddler and Preschooler Activity Bag Fun!

Toddler and Preschooler Activity Bags

Oh, activity bags, how I love thee, let me count the ways….

I first discovered the concept of activity bags around the time my twins were born.  We had JUST moved, I was hugely pregnant, on bed-rest for awhile, then tending to two newborns who were nursing around the clock and mostly only sleeping in arms. [...]

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