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These fleece bean bags were super simple to sew! The slightly-stretchy fleece makes great bean bag material, and by stitching a half-inch in on this no-fray fabric I was able to sew them quickly on the machine – no hand stitching these! I filled them with poly pellets so that they can be washed, if need be. They were made from the scraps of the fun fleece print that I used to make soft lounge pants for the girls a couple years ago. See, fabric hoarding pays off! =)
Here are a few ways we like to play with bean bags:
- Indoor “snowball” fights
- Target practice – throw them in buckets, or a spot on the wall or floor
- Use them as pillows for dolls (and beds for small dolls)
- Practice juggling – Mike is good at this, the rest of us are vying for the title of “top klutz”
- Use as stepping stones in an imaginary river – don’t fall in!
What are your favorite bean bag games?
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Those are cute bean bags! Mine are made of hideous, horrible leftover fabric from the 70s! We use them for tossing into a bucket, mostly. At Christmas I used them for a bean bag jingle bell toss game I made. My 3.5 year old likes to put them on the floor and step on them. The beans feel good under his feet.
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maryanne Reply:
January 13th, 2012 at 9:01 am
They do provide a great sensory experience! Your jingle bell toss game sounds like fun!
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We like the indoor snowball fights!
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Thanks for the reminder that I have to make mine! Last summer I bought frisbees on clearance at Michael’s for .10 — and was going to print numbers to put in them for a bean bag toss game.
Need to get busy! LOL!
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maryanne Reply:
January 13th, 2012 at 9:00 am
That would be a great bean bag game!
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I’ll join you in the top klutz award for juggling. It always impresses me when someone is good at it.
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Love the soft bean bags…my kids have been making bean bags like crazy…now I need to use them for some fun learning!
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Those look awesome! I like that they are a quick project, and they look so soft. Thanks for sharing Maryanne!
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This is my level of sewing, a couple of short, straight lines. What’s not to love about toys that encourage throwing?
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The picture of your girls in the fleece pants – SO CUTE!!!
The bean-bags are such a great idea for all kinds of winter indoor ACTIVE fun! Other activities – playing catch, maybe hot potato, taking turns object, I was thinking they would make great Valentine’s gifts for children especially if they were heart shaped, sand bags for when your dolls are having a flood, my ideas are getting silly I better stop!
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maryanne Reply:
January 13th, 2012 at 5:32 pm
LOVE your ideas! Keep ‘em coming =)
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They look great! I want to make some bean bags here with Anna’s help.
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Oooh, I’m so going to make some of these for some indoor winter fun!
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maryanne Reply:
January 14th, 2012 at 10:23 pm
We love ours!
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Clever! I wouldn’t have thought of stepping stones as a use for beanbags. They are a very versatile toy, and yours are cute and soft!
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We love bean bags! And bean bags I can sew on a machine would be lovely. Yay for fabric hoarding!
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Now I know what to do with some of the fabric I’ve been hoarding! :)
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maryanne Reply:
January 16th, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Sunnyboy will love having some beanbags!
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