Comments on: Preschool/Toddler Activity Bags

By: angee

angee — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:33:24 +0000

I LOVE this idea! I have all this old teaching stuff from my teaching days. It sits on a shelf in my garage ’cause that’s the only place I can fit it. When the kids bring the stuff in, it gets misplaced in their toy bins. I love your idea of having everything in a Ziplock in a bin or basket. Thanx for the idea!!!

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Sunflower Schoolhouse» Blog Archive » Toddler Activities — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:23:57 +0000

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By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:12:53 +0000

I love these ideas! I have my ECE but I don’t do as much of my “ECE learnt stuff” with my own children – shame on me!
I should do up some of these bags though!
Thanks!
As for the lacing cards – we had to make them when I was in ECE and we used large poster board cut into shapes… it’s sturdy enough I think! :)

By: Capturing Today

Capturing Today — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:46:30 +0000

I’ll have to make some of the lacing foams to go with the ones I’ve done and the geoboard is one my daughter would like too. Here is a link to the ones I’ve put together so far – they are a big hit. I don’t know why I didn’t do these sooner!

By: jodi

jodi — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:51:12 +0000

great job – I so need to get started on something like that for W! Such great inspiration.

As far as punching through chipboard – there are several scrapbooking products designed for such a task…the cropadile is one of them (and now there’s a cropadile II “big bite” with a longer reach” – if you use the 40-50% off coupons that Michaels, ACMoore, etc put out frequently, you can get the basic cropadile for around $14.

I also wondered about laminating cardstock – how do you think that would work? would it be too flimsy for the task?

thanks again!

By: megret

megret — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:04:27 +0000

Well, the foam I found was a bit sturdier than other brands I’ve tried (I found this at Michael’s). I found if the laces get hung up and the children TUG at them, the shapes DO bend….but for the most part, they work pretty well. For as little as they touch this activity (it isn’t their top favorite), I figured foam will work for a while.

I’d love to make some out of images printed onto cardstock and mounted onto chipboard — but I’m unsure about how I’d punch holes through something that thick.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:00:41 +0000

Are you finding the foam lacing cards sturdy enough? I would love to make some for Josh but am concerned that they are too …I do not know….floppy. What do you think?