My preschooler has been hard at work learning her colors and building her fine-motor skills, so this clothespin color matching busy bag is perfect for her. There are lots of opportunities for her to practice both skills.

Color matching clothespin
Make a color matching busy bag with just a few supplies. A great way to learn colors and practice fine-motor skills!

To prepare:

For each color, put tape on 2 craft sticks and 3 clothes pins.

I found that, on the clothespins, tucking the tape over the ends of the clothespin on the back and front helped the tape to stay more secure.

Make a color matching busy bag with just a few supplies. A great way to learn colors and practice fine-motor skills! Perfect for preschoolers!

This creates two different activities, but I stored them in the bag together so that I didn’t have to make duplicate craft sticks. If you want to store them in two separate bags, do an extra set of craft sticks. You can then store the clothespins and one set of craft sticks in one bag and two sets of the craft sticks in a second bag.

Make a color matching busy bag with just a few supplies. A great way to learn colors and practice fine-motor skills!

For the clothespin activity, have your child match the clothespins to the correct color of craft stick. Three clothespins per color worked out perfectly to fit on the craft sticks.

Make a color matching busy bag with just a few supplies. A great way to learn colors and practice fine-motor skills!

The second activity is a matching game for the craft sticks. You can choose to do this two ways.

With a younger child, place the craft sticks face up and have them find the matching colors with your assistance.

For a slightly older/more skilled child, place the craft sticks color-side down and play a game of Memory to find the matching colors.

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