I know what you’re thinking. “Enough already! My child is way too advanced for fabric squares and pom poms!” I heard you and I’ve got a new busy bag activity here for the older kids.
This numbers and colors wheel can be made with a cork trivet, like I used, or you can simply print off the template (link within Supply List) and color in the wedges. You’ll need to laminate the color wheel if you print it on paper - just because plain paper is really flimsy, rips easily and attracts dirt. But you already knew that! You’re a mom (or a dad)!
COLORS & NUMBERS WHEEL
Ages: 3+
Skill: Learning numbers and colors
Supply List
• Cork trivet OR this printable template
• Ruler
• Black Sharpie & colored markers
• Clothes pins
Step-by-Step
COLOR SIDE
1. If you’re using the trivet, print off my template and fold along the lines to get down to wedge. Or cut the wedge out of the circle. Use this wedge as a template for sizing. Use a ruler to mark along the edges of the template and draw a black line. Keep moving the wedge around the circle until you’ve drawn 10 pie-shaped wedges around your trivet.
2. Color each wedge with a different color.
3. With the same markers, color in the ends of the clothes pins (the opposite end from the clipping side). I also wrote in the names of the colors so the kids could learn their letters and start to form words.
TIP: For white, I used a Sharpie white marking stick on the trivet and a White-Out pen on the clothes pin.
NUMBER SIDE
4. Repeat step 1 from the color side of the wheel.
5. Write in the numbers on the skinny side of the wedges, with the numbers facing outward like this:
6. Write in the numbers on the clothes pins, with the numbers facing the clipping side.
How To Play
Have your child match the numbers and colors by clipping the clothes pin onto the correct wedge.
The main reason I’ve classified this activity for the older kids is because the clothes pins can hurt a baby’s fingers.
How are you liking the busy bag activities so far? Have you made any for your kids yet? I’ve got a few more to share, so stick around!
I’ve linked up this project at these parties here.
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