We have been playing a lot with felt lately and the quiet book I have been planning is coming along nicely.
Today’s fine motor adventure is another rather simple idea, with a CRAZY STRAW! These work well as busy bags too!
This idea has so much potential.
- Color sort to the straw color
- Sequence certain colors together (red, yellow, red, yellow)
- Make a rainbow
This works great for hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.
You can also cut various shapes instead of circles! For example, squares or hearts!
To make your crazy straw busy bag:
- happy felt colors
- some crazy straws
First up, cut a few circles out of your various colorful felt bits.
Then fold in half and make a small slit in the middle, just large enough to fit over the straw end.
Demonstrate to your young ones and watch them take over!
This activity was a bit of a challenge for my almost 2 year old. But once the felt circles were on the crazy straw she enjoyed moving them around the bends. This is what makes it such a great busy bag, it can be re-used many times.
This activity makes a great twist to the classic straws on pipe cleaner idea.
The awesome thing is that you can also change the shapes on these straws to make a unique busy bag.
More Busy Bags activities to pair with this one:
Katie says
May 30, 2014 at 7:24 amI love this idea! What a great new use of a bendy straw.
melinda says
May 30, 2014 at 7:29 amthis is great for fine motor skills
Laura @ Lalymom says
May 30, 2014 at 7:35 amOh man I love this, so colorful and fun! Looks like the kids had so much fun!
Ang Johnson says
May 30, 2014 at 1:19 pmI love this! Looks so cute, fun and EASY! My favorite kind of activity! Pinning and sharing!
Nicolette Roux says
May 31, 2014 at 7:22 amThanks! We love simple activities here too!
Uplifting Families says
May 30, 2014 at 3:29 pmThis is a great activity. I will have to find some cheap felt and do this with my youngest son.
Renae says
May 30, 2014 at 5:47 pmWhat a great idea! I love it and can’t wait to try it. Definitely pinning!
Tonya says
June 1, 2014 at 10:09 amThis is awesome, and the finger movements that would be used to put the the circles on would be similar to the movements to fasten buttons. An great activity to work on skills.
Lindsay Eidahl says
June 1, 2014 at 7:04 pmLove this! So simple and yet so great for fine motor skills!
JDaniel4's Mom says
June 4, 2014 at 9:15 pmThis is such a fun idea! I have pinned it.
Alicia Owen says
June 6, 2014 at 1:46 pmWhat a fun and simple idea. My daughter loves fine motor activities too. 🙂
Emma Edwards (Adventures of Adam) says
June 26, 2014 at 12:49 amNever thought of using a crazy straw before – makes sense because normal straws do not give enough resistance and makes it harder for smaller hands. My son will love this!
April says
September 5, 2014 at 6:11 amBee would LOVE this! We have a couple of crazy straws and she loves to play with it. This would give her a reason. 🙂
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Selena @ Look! We're Learning! says
September 5, 2014 at 7:46 pmWe have a drawer full of these things! I never would have thought to use them for fine motor play. Pinning!
Tara @ The Magnolia Barn says
September 6, 2014 at 4:20 pmVery cute! Looking forward to giving this activity a try.
[email protected] in Pyjamas says
September 7, 2014 at 9:50 amGreat activity. Thanks for linking up to Sweet and Savoury Sunday, stop by and link up again. Have a great day!!
Beth says
September 12, 2014 at 4:36 amWhat a clever, FUN idea!
Thanks for linking up to TGIF. I have this scheduled to pin,
Beth =)
Rachel @ BusyBagCentral.blogspot.com says
May 18, 2015 at 9:06 pmLove this idea!! We’ve made a few versions of a button snake but what a great idea to use crazy straws! They are hard to find at stores in our area (in Missouri) but I’ll keep my eye out so we can make too.
For now, I’ve featured this post on our blog about using Button Snakes to teach size, Big vs Little.
http://busybagcentral.blogspot.com/2015/05/button-snake-busy-bag-ideas-for-sorting.html
Keep sharing your great ideas ~~ mommas like me need cool ideas like this!
Nicolette Roux says
May 20, 2015 at 8:40 pmawesome! thank you for sharing!
Janice West says
August 14, 2018 at 5:20 pmI bought a bag of crazy straws from Amazon very reasonably. I’ve seen this done with small squares of the sheet foam you use for crafts with a hole in the middle.