Car Tracks Sensory Busy Bag
Today, I have a super simple idea for you that N absolutely adored at 3.5 years old: This Car Tracks Sensory Busy Bag is very easy to put together, easy to take along, and can be played with in different ways.
(N was 3 years and 6 months old.)
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Materials for Car Track Sensory Busy Bags
- 2 Ziploc bags. One should be a little bigger than the other one but neither has to be very big.
- Colored body wash, shampoo, shaving cream, or similar. If you’re not satisfied with the color, you could always add some paint or food coloring.
- Toy cars that fit into the bigger bag.
- Packing tape.
How to Make a Car Track Sensory Busy Bag
It’s really easy:
- Put the sensory material into the smaller bag. You don’t need a whole lot.
- Squeeze out any extra air, close the Ziploc, and secure it with a strip of packing tape.
- Place the smaller bag into the bigger bag with a few toy cars.
N was intrigued straight away and couldn’t wait to dump out the bag right after I’d filled it.
The first thing he did was check out the pink body wash. He spent some time making patterns with his fingers and hands.
The cars were next. My idea with the car tracks worked out well, they were clearly visible without any extra effort. N kept parking his cars with great gusto over and over. {I’d put three cars into the busy bag, but N thought four cars were better than three and got out an extra one 😉 }
He spent some time running each car over the sensory bag, parking them in different spots and making different tracks.
When he started losing interest a little, I showed him how to write a letter (his favorite, “N”) in the shower gel. That totally brought his attention back to his car track sensory bag, and he kept tracing the “N” with his cars and saying over and over that it was an “N for Nick” 🙂
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