Sparkly Jewel Sorting Preschool Bag

Last week I shared a simple preschool bag activity, Pretty Princess Beads. I have made several bags in the past week in preparation for our trip, and I want to share another super simple one today. Simple means it took ten minutes to put together. Hooray for simple!

I purchased a large container of "gems" at Hobby Lobby (also half price last week, about $7). I also purchased some pieces of felt for .25 each. I used each piece for three different preschool activity bags, so that was a bargain. 

I cut a rectangle (probably 6 inches by 4 inches) from each felt color.

Then I dumped the jewels out and found coordinating colors. 

I bagged each color in its own bitty jewelry bag. I did this because I want to control how many colors we introduce Sweet Girl to at one time, so we don't overwhelm her. 

Then I put the felt squares and the bitty bags of gems into a Ziploc. Super simple.

This activity is good for:

• Sorting
   
• Introducing Colors
   
• Fine Motor Skills
   
• Counting (when finished, count the number of gems on each felt piece)
   
• You could also sort the pieces by shape instead of color, if desired.

​Have fun!

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