Numerous sites mentioned 'activity bags'. Such as, Ziploc or pencil bags filled with little activities that your little one could grab out of a box to keep busy for a little bit.
I took a couple of those ideas and ran with them.
I decided to make what I call a 'clothesline in a bag' activity bag.
What you'll need:
felt
string
clothespins
imagination:)
I took some string that I had in my craft drawer and pinned it under the windowsill in the dining room.
I put the clothespins in a Tupperware container.
Cut a few shapes out of felt and decorated them with stitching, buttons, etc. They were definitely nothing fancy, but my daughter had fun.
It was interesting to see how she had to really fiddle around with the clothesline and clothespin and felt clothing to get them all lined up and secured successfully. So, it ended up being much more than I thought and was teaching her dexterity as well as entertaining her.
Even my 5 year old son did it a few times, creating numerous 'patterns' out of the felt clothes. So, it worked for both kids, which was a double bonus!woohoo!