🌈 Pocketfull of Play — Core Busy Bag Kit Description
Discover hands-on, screen-free fun with our Pocketfull of Play Busy Bag — a curated collection of 6 handmade activity pockets designed to build fine motor skills, spark creativity, and inspire open-ended learning wherever you go.
Each activity is thoughtfully crafted by hand and rooted in early childhood learning — encouraging independence, problem-solving, and imaginative play.
Perfect for restaurants, car rides, appointments, travel days, or cozy play at home. ✨
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🎒 Activities Included
✨ 1. Hair Beads
Kids “style” a playful face by threading colorful beads onto curled pipe-cleaner hair.
Supports: finger strength, bilateral coordination, creativity, and planning.
✨ 2. Cars & Roads
Build roads using popsicle-stick road pieces, then drive tiny cars along your child’s custom path.
Supports: spatial awareness, imaginative play, and early problem-solving.
✨ 3. Color Matching
Match colorful clothespins to coordinating paper squares.
Supports: pincer grasp, color recognition, hand strength, and early math skills.
✨ 4. Shape Puzzles
Shapes are cut in half and attached to popsicle sticks — your child’s job is to find the matching halves and rebuild each shape.
Supports: visual discrimination, logic, and early geometry.
✨ 5. 3D Shape Building
Use wooden dowels and soft putty to build simple 3D structures—cubes, pyramids, and anything the imagination invents.
Supports: STEM exploration, fine motor strength, creativity, and design thinking.
✨ 6. Popsicle Stick Shapes
Popsicle sticks with Velcro dots connect together to create endless 2D shapes and patterns.
Supports: shape recognition, hand control, early math concepts, and open-ended play.
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🌟 Skills Gently Supported
• Hand strength & dexterity
• Tool use & coordination
• Pre-math & pre-writing foundations
• Visual-motor skills
• STEM exploration
• Problem-solving & creativity
• Independent, screen-free play
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💛 Created by Pocketfull of Play
Handmade by a mom of two and Early Childhood Education graduate who believes in learning through curiosity, connection, and hands-on play.
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🔔 Safety Notice
Adult supervision recommended. Contains small parts.