Nests
Open a lunch sack and roll down from the top to make a nest.
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*Let younger children roll play dough eggs for the nest.
*Older children can write stories about “How to Build a Nest” or make construction paper birds to go in their nests.
*Tie in with fiction and non-fiction books about birds.
Easter Basket
Of course, the Easter egg hunts are going to be put on “hold,” but you can still make baskets from a lunch bag. Open and roll down like the nest and then staple on a pipe cleaner handle.
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*Make your own “grass” by cutting green paper into strips.
Buildings and Houses
To make a house, decorate the bottom of the bag with markers and construction paper. Stuff with newspaper and fold down the top. Staple on a roof.
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To make a building turn a lunch bag upside down and decorate with construction paper and markers. Take a second bag and stuff with newspaper. Insert the decorated bag over this to make a stand up building.
*Create a village with masking tape for a road, toy cars, action figures, etc.
Puppet
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Treasure Map
Cut open a lunch bag to make a rectangle, wet, and wad up. Dry. Let children create their own treasure maps or other vintage writings.
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Peek a Boo Books
Take 3 or 4 lunch bags and stack them up and staple as shown. Fold over the bottom flap. Write a riddle or question on the front. Open and draw a picture or write the answer under the flap.
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Nature Hunts
Let children use bags for a nature hunt. They can look for leaves, rocks, and other natural items.
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Note! Encourage them to return the items to nature after collecting and observing them.
*As an inside scavenger hunt have children look for things that are a particular shape, color, start with a beginning sound, etc.
PomPoms
Cut strips from the top of bags to the flap. Roll up the bottom and wrap a rubber band around to make a handle. Use for singing alphabet songs, repeating patterns, cheering words, etc.
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Tree
Make 5 or 6 tears about halfway down from the top of the bag. Open and squeeze the bottom as show. Write alphabet letters on branches to make a Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree.
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*Decorate your tree with pastel tissue paper in the spring.
*In the fall tear red, orange, and yellow construction paper to make leaves.
*Sponge paint white in the winter to make snow.
Touch and Tell
Hide objects in the bag. Children close eyes, touch, and guess what it is.
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Grumble Bag
When someone whines or complains tell them to, “Put it in the bag!”