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My kids love busy bags and with Christmas coming up soon I thought it only appropriate that I make a few seasonal ones!
This cute gingerbread man features shapes in various colors with a set of cards to style your gingerbread man!
Grab your printable at the bottom of this post. Cut out the gingerbread man template on the felt with matching color shapes.
I use trays for all my busy bags, this keeps the kids happy and each in their own activity. (In the past they would fight over pieces of various activities because they were everywhere.)
Let the kids match up the shapes like in the cards! Oh and those colorful sticks in the upper corner are the ever popular Velcro Dot Craft sticks I made a while ago, they are STILL doing a fabulous job of keeping kids occupied.
If you are not so much into felt you are also able to laminate the paper printout and use as is!
Personally I prefer felt because of the texture and that the felt sticks to itself. The shapes kept moving on the paper activity, which frustrated my toddler. 
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Then check out what my fabulous co-hosts made for their Christmas busy bags!
FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
Gingerbread Man Shape Matching Busy Bag // Powerful Mothering
Christmas Activities for Kids Printable Busy Bag // LalyMom
Christmas Counting Busy Bag // Coffee Cups and Crayons
Decorate a Play Dough Christmas Tree Play Kit // Mama. Papa. Bubba.
Gingerbread Button Counting Busy Bag // Wildflower Ramblings
Snowman Busy Bag // Frogs, Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Reusable Christmas Sticker Busy Bag // Still Playing School
Christmas Posting Busy Bag // Adventures of Adam
Christmas Tree Busy Bag // The Pleasantest Thing
Christmas Jingle Bells Fine Motor Busy Bag // Sugar Aunts
Printable Mix and Match Christmas Puzzles // Itsy Bitsy Fun
Christmas Chocolate Maker Busy Bag // Best Toys 4 Toddlers
Printable Q-tip Snowflakes // Playdough to Plato
Candy Cane Stripe Counting // Preschool Inspirations
An Early Reader Christmas Busy Bag // The Educators’ Spin on It
Jill says
What a fun idea for little ones!
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Danielle says
So fun! Going to get some felt this weekend so I can do this!
Jennifer Tammy says
I am so excited for this series, what an awesome idea!! We have a bunch of felt animals that I painstakingly cut out on our felt board this month, but I have a bunch of foam gingerbread men that I didn’t have any plans for… we might have to make our own!
Nicolette Roux says
AWESOME!
Samantha @ Stir the Wonder says
Love this idea! So cute! Thanks for linking up at the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop! We hope you stop by again next week!
Amanda says
Cute – My boys LOVE retelling the story of the gingerbread man. This would be a great way to tie in shape recognition.
Laura @ Lalymom says
Love this! Both my kids would like this!
Mihaela says
Fun! My tot would surely love this Gingerbread man activity! Off to print it and prepare this busy bag for her!
Emma Edwards (Adventures of Adam) says
Love the fact you can add the shapes to the gingerbread man printable too. My toddler also gets frustrated that felt does not stay in the same place. Also great tip about separate trays!