This is another fun, affordable and easy to make activity that I made using supplies from the dollar store. I took three separate colored pipe cleaners and rolled one end into a circle. The pipe cleaner then sort of resembles a musical note. Then I took some colored straws and cut them into 5 pieces each. Toddler Veg has had a challenging time stringing these smaller pieced straws. He's been practicing stringing jumbo beads so this size change was quite significant :)
If you are making for a busy bag swap, each participant should get:
3 pipe cleaners, shaped into musical notes
several straw pieces to string
all items should be placed into a quart of gallon size baggie