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Clothespin Rainbow Busy Bag

February 19, 2015 by Emma Gadsby 2 Comments

It is time for my favourite post of the month – sharing another Busy Bag activity as part of the Busy Bag Blog Hop. This month’s challenge was to make a Rainbow themed Busy Bag.

After creating our Clothespin Heart for Red Ted Art I knew I wanted to continue with playing with pegs. So we created a Clothespin Rainbow Busy Bag.

Adventures of Adam Clothespin Rainbow Busy Bag

Painting the pegs was easy. I repeated the same method as we had previously used with our Clothespin Hungry Caterpillar. Ziploc Heavy Duty Freezer Bags (affiliate link) are perfect for painting lots of objects at once without getting messy. I simply squirted Baker Ross Ready Mixed Paint (affiliate link) and PVA glue into a zip loc bag, added 5 wooden pegs, closed the bag and handed it to Adam. He loves shaking the bags and ensuring that the pegs are covered in paint. I repeated the process until all 6 colours were used and then placed the pegs on baking paper and left them to dry over night.

Adventures of Adam Painting clothespins

Using the left over paint from the bags I painted my hand drawn rainbow. I decided to create two rainbows to help Adam practise sequencing colours. Once the rainbows had dried I went over the lines with a thick black pen and laminated both rainbows. Laminating is not essential but it ensures that the rainbows are easier to hold and they will last longer.

Adventures of Adam Rainbow sequencing

Adam took to the activity straight away. I helped him to hold the rainbow and he clipped on the pegs. It is a super activity for fine motor skills development.

Adventures of Adam Rainbow peg busy bag

Adam had to use his pincer grip and hand-eye coordination to place the pegs onto the rainbow. The activity also helped to develop his perseverance, concentration skills and pattern recognition. Furthermore, the activity can be repeated again and again – we certainly love Busy Bags!

Adventures of Adam Rainbow Fine Motor Busy Bag

 

Equipment (including affiliate links):

* Wooden clothespins

* Baker Ross Ready Mixed Paint

* PVA glue

* Ziploc Heavy Duty Freezer Bags

* A4 Laminator (optional)

 

17 Awesome Rainbow Busy Bags

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

Rainbow Color and Shape Learning Puzzles // Itsy Bitsy Fun

Magnetic Rainbow Name Box // Mama. Papa. Bubba.

Rainbow Sight Word Lacing // Preschool Inspirations

Shape Lacing // The Pleasantest Thing

Rainbow Puzzle // Mommy Needs a Coffee Break

Rainbow Popsicle Stick Patterns // Playdough to Plato

Rainbow Color and Shape Match // Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

Clothespin Rainbow // Adventures of Adam

Quick and Easy Rainbow Busy Bag // The Educators’ Spin on It

Sort and Count Rainbow Puzzle // Powerful Mothering

Rainbow Prism Busy Bag // Left Brain Craft Brain

Rainbow Bubble Wrap Busy Bag // Lalymom

Rainbow Color Sort // Sugar Aunts

Weaving Rainbows // Best Toys for Toddlers

Toddler 4 – in – 1 Rainbow Busy Box // Lemon Lime Adventures

Rainbow Color Sorting Busy Bag // Coffee Cups and Crayons

Pipe Cleaner Rainbow Busy Bag // Still Playing School

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Filed Under: Creative Activities, Play Activities, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: Arts and Craft Activities, Busy Bag Play Activities, Colours, Cupboard Resources, Fine Motor Activities, Painting Activities, Rainbow, Toddler play, Zip-loc plastic bag

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  1. Malia {Playdough to Plato} says

    February 19, 2015 at 2:09 pm

    What an awesome fine motor and color matching activity!!

    Reply
  2. Megan says

    February 20, 2015 at 10:31 pm

    I ADORE this!!!!!!

    Reply

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