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Summer Clothes Dress Up Busy Bag

by Angela Thayer 22 Comments

Summer is in full swing and it’s time for me to share our Summer Clothes Dress Up Busy Bag! I love that so many of you are using these dress up busy bags. I think the clip art from Educlips is adorable!

Summer Clothes Dress Up Busy Bag

This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details.

Here’s what you need for the activity:

  • spring clothes clip art
  • clip art dolls
  • magnets
  • glue
  • scissors
  • card stock paper
  • laminator (optional, but this is my favorite one to use at home)
  • cookie sheet

Here’s how to make the busy bag:

  1. Purchase the summer clothes clip art and doll clip art.
  2. Resize the pictures to fit the dolls in a program such as PowerPoint or Microsoft Word.
  3. Print the summer clothes printable onto card stock paper. Laminate the sheets to make them more sturdy.
  4. Cut out the spring clothes.
  5. Add a magnet to the backside of each picture.
  6. Place the boy or girl sheets on a cookie sheet.
  7. Invite your child to dress up the children with the different clothes.

magnet

Aren’t they so cute?!

boy 2

While playing dress up, talk about the names of the clothing items and when you would wear them.

girl 2

After you’re done playing, store the printables in a gallon sized Ziploc bag. This is a great way to keep them organized, especially if you don’t want them to get mixed up with other busy bags.

Summer Clothes - square

Once again, you can get the clip art from Educlips.

*This previously was a free printable, but due to copyright, they can no longer be free. Please check out this lovely clip artist and support their amazing work!*

 

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Filed Under: Preschool, Printables, Summer Activities Tagged With: busy bag, dress up

Comments

  1. Michelle says
    July 7, 2016 at 4:09 am

    I am so in love with your site and amazing ideas! I get so excited to see your email in my inbox:) Thank you SO much for sharing your creativity and ideas with us! My kids (and I) are loving the activities!

    Reply
    • Sam says
      July 8, 2016 at 12:34 am

      I could not agree more! I absolutely love the things you do! Thank you for sharing your wonderful ideas!!

      Reply
  2. Vickie says
    July 7, 2016 at 12:42 pm

    What type of magnet/glue do you recommend with laminated surface?

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      July 10, 2016 at 11:59 pm

      I use magnetic strips (Walmart craft section). They have a sticky back, but if I want to make sure they don’t fall off, I use a hot glue gun. Hope that helps!

      Reply
  3. Laci B. says
    July 13, 2016 at 4:23 am

    Will you have a fall dess up available? These are so cute! I am starting my own daycare/preschool this fall and I will definitely be using these! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      July 13, 2016 at 11:58 am

      Yes I will! Not ready to share them yet, but I will once school starts.

      Reply
  4. Klayci says
    July 18, 2016 at 11:36 am

    I love this! My daughter loves playing dress up but it usually includes HER changing clothes a million times during the day. Talk about a laundry pile!!! I have always struggled to find a dress up activity for her that is durable enough but still easy for her to play with, and I LOVE this idea. Thank you so much for sharing!

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      July 18, 2016 at 7:01 pm

      Oh I bet!! I’m glad this is a good alternative! 🙂

      Reply
  5. Jenn says
    August 14, 2016 at 2:50 pm

    These are adorable! Thanks for sharing! Is there a fall version of these as well?

    Reply
  6. Jessica says
    August 27, 2016 at 5:04 pm

    I printed these on photo mat paper that I had left over from another project and the colors are amazing. I am going to save the rest of my paper for when you come out with the fall clothes (I hope we will see those soon). Also just to put and idea out there are cute Halloween costume for the fall would be so cute. thanks for the great work out do these are super fun.

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      August 28, 2016 at 7:17 pm

      That’s awesome! Yes, the fall ones will be out tomorrow (8/29)!! A Halloween one would be so cute. I’ll try to do that!

      Reply
      • Callie says
        September 15, 2017 at 3:58 am

        Will there be a Halloween version available any time soon? We are loving these!

        Reply
  7. Christina says
    November 7, 2016 at 7:33 pm

    This is a great exercise of the imagination for children as they learn to express themselves through clothing. Altogether, this is a very creative activity.

    Reply
  8. Stacy curran says
    January 8, 2017 at 10:12 pm

    These are adorable! I can’t seem to find a link to download the children.

    Reply
  9. Eileen says
    May 30, 2017 at 7:40 am

    This is the best site I’ve seen! Seriously thank you for all this awesomeness! you have no idea how much hope you gave me !! These are adorable!

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      May 30, 2017 at 2:05 pm

      Thank you Eileen!! You just made my day! 🙂

      Reply
  10. Sonya D. Polesnek says
    September 15, 2017 at 4:19 pm

    I also love this sight. I was wondering if you have the dolls that are pictured in the summer set? The dolls in the file are the same as the others, not what is pictured.
    Thanks Sonya

    Reply
    • Angela Thayer says
      September 16, 2017 at 8:10 pm

      Hello! Yes you are right. I’m sorry about this! I changed this to have more options for the dolls and it changed the size of the clothing, which is why they aren’t included in this set. Let me send you an email with the file so you can have it!

      Reply
      • Tessie Ben Othman says
        November 1, 2017 at 3:31 am

        I noticed this too and glad someone commented already. My son is a little blond guy so it would be so cute and fun to be able to have a printed doll that looks like him. Any possibility I could get the file as well?
        The clothing and kids from EduClips are beyond cute! Thank you so much for sharing these busy bags for FREE!!!!

        Reply
        • Angela Thayer says
          November 9, 2017 at 2:50 am

          Yes! I just added it to this post. Since the blond boy’s arms are different from the other dolls, the clothes might fit slightly differently.

          Reply
  11. Mira Edorra says
    October 2, 2017 at 1:58 pm

    Hi Angela, Really the clip art from Educlips is adorable ! This is an awesome idea! I Love loose shape busy bag which is displaying in the last picture of your post 🙂 . Loose shape busy bag is great for exciting a preschoolers imagination.

    Reply
  12. Aaron Hennigan says
    October 3, 2017 at 6:04 am

    These designs are amazing, i have seen such type of summer clothes for children’s. Nowadays, kids love these type of printable clothes. I also want to know is there Halloween dress or Christmas dress are coming.

    Reply

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