numbered felt bean bags

numbered bean bags

Probably every mom with a sewing machine has made bean bags for her kids. Am I right? This project certainly isn’t original, but these brightly colored felt bean bags were fun to make — and even more fun to show Ethan when he woke up from his two-hour (!!!)  morning nap.

numbered bean bags

I followed this tutorial for tracing and cutting out my felt numbers, and it was so easy! Then I stitched the numbers on, sewed and filled the beanbags, and did a surprisingly fun photo shoot. I couldn’t stop arranging the bean bags in new ways!

The bags are made from 4×4-inch squares, and the font I used for the numbers is Berlin Sans FB Demi Bold. If you want to make your own, you can download and print this PDF to use as the pattern for your numbers.

numbered bean bags

The ideas for games and activities we can do with these bean bags are endless. Of course my two school-age step-children will do different things with them than my 11-month-old son will, but I’m eager to see what they all come up with.

numbered bean bags

numbered bean bags

numbered bean bags

numbered bean bags

numbered bean bags

numbered bean bags

numbered bean bags

numbered bean bags

numbered bean bags

 

 

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