Making Squishy Bags!

This morning Grace, Jack, and I gathered a variety of materials in order to make squishy bags. To make these bags we squeezed some shampoo and/or hair gel into ziploc bags. Grace decided that each member of our family should have their own squishy bag so we found the letters M (for Mommy), D (for Daddy), J (for Jack), and GRACE to put inside each of our four ziploc bags. Grace then shook glitter into the bags and we added different colored shapes and buttons of varying sizes. Finally, we sealed the squishy bags.

Grace helped Jack open his hand so he could feel his squishy bag. Jack loved the feel of his bag as well as all of the attention he received from his big sister. Grace and Jack played with the squishy bags together for nearly twenty minutes and Jack smiled the entire time!Grace had lots of fun with her squishy bag too! Grace squeezed and squished her way into spelling her name and sorting the shapes and buttons by size and color. This was a great activity because the same bags could be used for both Grace and Jack with different concepts targeted for each child. The bags provided Jack with a fun sensory and visual activity and Grace with letter/sound, sorting, and sequencing practice.

Here are all of our squishy bags. Each bag has a different look and feel depending on what type of materials were used and how much glitter, shampoo, and hair gel was put into each bag.