No Sew Portable Roads Busy Bag Idea for Kids

I am happy to be taking part of the Busy Bag of the Month Series and can you believe that I fit three mountains, ten roads, two lakes, five trees, oodles of bushes, a barn, and a handful of cars all into one bag?  Well, you better believe it!

This no sew car themed busy bag for kids is absolutely adorable!

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When I originally made the roads for the magnetic roads (if you haven't checked them out, they are awesome!), I painted an additional ten roads.  Initially I was going to make two identical play sets, one for J and one for K.  Then I decided, instead, to make a magnetic play set and a non-magnetic play set. This busy bag is the non-magnetic set.

What You'll Need to Make This Car Themed Busy Bag for Kids

Here is what I used:

• Wide craft sticks
• Black acrylic paint
• Yellow acrylic paint
• Felt
• Pipe cleaners
• Pom poms
• Hot glue gun
• Small cars & buildings - I used the Safari Ltd. Down on the Farm Toob and the Safari Ltd. On the Road Toob

To make this version, I painted ten craft sticks with black acrylic paint.  When they were dry, I then painted the yellow dotted lines.  I also made pipe cleaner trees (instructions on how to make them can be found here on Play Trains).  The grass is simply two pieces of uncut green felt and the bushes are various green pom poms.  The lakes are just pieces of blue felt cut free hand.

Then I decided to make some mountains using scrap pieces of felt.  I simply folded a piece of grey felt until it was a mountain shape and used a hot glue gun to hold it together.  To make the mountains snow capped, cut a small piece of white felt and hot glue it to the top of the mountains.  You may have to trim the base of the mountain to make it sit flat.

Once you have all the pieces made, grab some vehicles and other accessories to finish it off.  I used the barn from the Safari Ltd. Down on the Farm Toob and various cars from the Safari Ltd. On the Road Toob.  If you have this toob, then you could also add some boats to the water.

All the pieces easily fit in a large freezer bag for easy storage and maximum portability.

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Be sure to check out the other amazing busy bags from the Busy Bag of the Month Series.

Counting Apples Busy Bag from The Educators' Spin On It
Building Block Busy Bag With Pool Noodles from Coffee Cups and Crayons
Touch and Feel ABCs Busy Bag from The Pleasantest Thing