Jack o' Lantern Busy Bag

Here's a fun idea for a Halloween-themed busy bag, taken from this blog post.  Cut a pumpkin out of orange felt, glue on a green stem, and make it into an interchangeable jack o' lantern with black felt pieces.  I made several pairs of eyes, a few noses, a couple mouths, some whiskers, and a scary-looking scar.  The blogger I read from made a little pocket for all the black pieces to attach to the back of the pumpkin, but I'm just putting the whole thing into a Ziploc and keeping it with the rest of our busy bags. 

Jack had fun putting a jack o' lantern face together. 

His finished creation

20 Busy Bag Ideas

Make a Sock Puppet Kit: includes pair of socks, felt, pipe cleaners,
googly eyes, beads, fringe, and instructions.

Make a Monster Face

Wooden Numbered Beads Lacing Kit: includes color and number pattern cards

Denim Fabric Roads: scrap fabric from old jeans and yellow puffy paint makes great portable roads!

Clothesline: uses twine, clothespins, and felt clothing.  Patterns for clothing found here.

Clothespin Color Matching Game: uses paint chip cards

Ribbon/Button Snake with Felt Squares: a slit is cut in each square so little fingers can work on pushing the button through

Felt Playmat

Play-Doh Dots Game

Pipe Cleaner, Bead, and Pasta Lacing Activity

Popsicle Stick Puzzle

Make Your Own Stick Puppet

Pom-Pom-Stuff-It-In

Numbered Pool Noodle Lacing Activity

Peanut-Butter-and-Jelly Stacking Game with Dice

Felt Cupcakes with Sprinkles

Stacking Cups, including one object to hide

"Fish Stix": a felt pond, fish with paper clip mouths, and a magnetic fishing pole

Mix & Match Sticker Game

Glitter Bottle (with water, glitter, ribbons, beads, and other objects) and two "I Spy" Bottles (with rice and several objects hidden inside)... lids glued securely shut, of course!