Counting eggs busy bag is much more than a way to occupy your young child. It can help your kiddo to build early learning skills. Whether it’s actually Easter or not, brightly-colored eggs are always fun to make. Instead of dip-dyeing real ones, this activity lets your crafty kid make 2D felt versions that she can stash away in a bag and reuse over and over again – year round.
So, what will your child learn by using this busy bag? To start with, kids are building their fine motor skills when cutting and manipulating craft felt. This builds eye-hand coordination and dexterity.
This kids’ activity also includes plenty of math content and spatial ability skill-building. Your child will learn number recognition skills and counting. They will also develop shape recognition skills and learn about the part-to-whole relationship.
Counting Eggs Busy Bag Materials
Here are the materials that you’ll need:
- Craft felt (choose a variety of colors)
- Markers
- Card stock paper
- Scissors
- Ziplock bag (for storage)
How-To Prepare a Counting Eggs Busy Bag
Draw an oval onto a piece of craft felt. Size it so that it is larger than a real egg. Ask your child to name the shape as she draws. You can also add in a color recognition activity by asking her to tell you what hue she’s using. Cut the oval out.
Trace the oval onto another piece of craft felt (in another color). Cut that one out. Repeat to make as many eggs as your child wants to count.
Cut small shapes from other colors of felt. Use the scraps leftover from cutting out the ovals. Encourage a child to name all the shapes – triangles, squares, circles, ovals, rectangles, etc.
To end preparations, we need to make task number cards. Cut out squares from the card stock paper. Number each square. Make one number for each egg. You can also make these from small pieces of craft felt. If you’re using felt, you’ll need a fabric marker to draw on it clearly.
How to Practice Math with Counting Eggs Busy Bag?
Line the eggs up on a table or floor. Place one number square on top of each felt egg.
Decorate the eggs with the small felt shapes. Your child must match the number of shapes with the number on the cardboard task card. Repeat for each egg/number. Ask your child to name the number and count as she’s pressing shapes on.
When your child’s done you can pack everything up into the baggie and store it for later.
Other Play Options with Felt Eggs
There are plenty of ways your child can use the Easter busy bag. She can line up the eggs, count them and pick out the number that matches.
Your child can also use the ovals and small felt pieces to create a larger shape. Make a bunny, another animal or anything your child wants!
Your child can add to her Easter busy bag, changing it by the season or holiday. Even though she’s starting with eggs, she can dress the basic oval shapes up like decorative Christmas lights, turn them into rainbow pots of gold for St. Patrick’s Day or make them into summer-time sea shells. The only limit here is your child’s creativity. And, you already know that is boundless.
Extend the Play with a Easter Book
Little ones will love counting down from five as Bunny finds a special hiding place for each Easter egg. The colorful eggs are raised pieces that can be seen through holes on each page, inviting kids to touch them as they count! After all the eggs are hidden, children can search for them on the last page! Find the book here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Ten eggs.All is quiet. Not a peep.Nine eggs.One chick hatches. “Cheep, cheep, cheep.”In this sweet story, clever die-cuts, touchable plastic pieces, and fuzzy flocking all come together in a rhyming adventure all about Easter traditions. Follow and count along as ten quiet Easter eggs become ten colorful chicks ready to celebrate the holiday! Find the book here: United States | Canada | United Kingdom
Are you looking for more busy bag activities?
Here are few quick busy bags to prepare in advance and have on hand when kids need a bit of individual play time:
- Bottle Cap Busy Bags – put together 5 easy bottle cap busy bag activities in under 10 minutes!
- Wheels Busy Bag – print patterning strips to use inside wheels busy bag for sizing and practicing patterns as a simple math activity.
- Spring Busy Bag – learn about parts of flower, flower life cycle, spring weather changes and more
- Sticky Letters Busy Bag – a simple name recognition activity for toddler using alphabet foam stickers
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