Church Bag Swap

Is it time to re-vamp your Church Bag? Would you like a bunch of different ideas? After the success of the busy bag swap hosted by Monique Frost in the Ventana Ward, I thought I would be fun to do our own swap, but with a different twist . . . Items with a "church-y" type theme, for agest 3+ (I don't know about you, but my 9-yr old still signs the book sign after the sacrament. (Thanks, Stef) If you are interested, here are the details:

The items can be anything from file folder games to busy bags (self-contained activities that fit in a gallon sized ziploc bag and can be stored easily.)

What are the group guidelines?

1. Make 10 of your activity (the same activity 10 times)
2. Activity should be geared to some sort of gospel principle
3. Activity should be gender neutral
4. Activity needs to fit into a gallon sized ziploc bag (or smaller)
5. Paper pieces should be laminated (I have a laminator I can lend out but you will need to provide your own laminating sheets)
6. Activities should be self contained and resuable - nothing should have to be added to the bag over time
7. Activities should be convenient and not require any major set up or clean up (no paint, liquids, sand, etc.)
6. There is a spending cap of $20 for all 10 activities (feel free to do it for less though!)

What is the deadline?

I would like to swap bags on January 17.

Where can I get activity ideas?

There are TONS of busy bag ideas out there online. A lot of these links include printables/directions to make the activity. Here are a few links to activity ideas

http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/
http://finchfamilygames.com/ I have a whole bunch of CDs that you can print file folder games from.
http://ourmommydiaries.blogspot.com/2009/02/quiet-bag-for-church.html

http://therigneys.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/toddler-busy-bag-swap/
http://moneysavingmom.com/tag/busy-bag-ideas
http://www.mydeliciousambiguity.com/search/label/Busy%20Bags
http://theprincessandthetot.blogspot.com/2011/07/toddler-busy-bags.html
http://www.playcreateexplore.com/2011/10/busy-bags.html

How to sign up?
Please leave a comment on this blog post that includes your email address. I will take the first 9 people who sign up making it a total of 10 people. PLEASE only sign up if you are able to create your bags by the January 17 deadline. I will email the group members once I have 9 participants and we can hammer out some details and share our activities to avoid duplications.

Please call or email with additional questions
Bethany O