Montessori Monday – DIY Montessori Mystery Bags

Mystery bags are typically popular sensorial materials in Montessori schools and homeschools. They’re often used with geometric solids, but I love that they can be used for many different activities. They’re a great way to add interest to many sensorial activities.

Today, I’m sharing a number of ideas for DIY Montessori mystery bags, including DIY drawstring bag tutorials (both sewn and no-sew drawstring bags), ideas for a variety of mystery bag activities, and mystery bag presentations.

DIY Drawstring Bag Tutorials for Montessori Mystery Bags

Mystery Bag Tutorial from Montessori by Hand

How to Make Versatile Drawstring Bags from Martha Stewart

Easy Cotton Drawstring Bag from Better Homes and Gardens

How to Make a Simple Drawstring Bag from Love Me Sew

Beginner Sewing Projects – A Drawstring Bag Tutorial from Melly Sews

How to Make a Simple Drawstring Pouch … No Sewing Required from Instructables

No Sew Drawstring Bag from The Happier Homemaker

How to Make  a No-Sew Drawstring Bag from eHow

Montessori Mystery Bag Ideas and Presentations

Mystery Bag from Montessori Primary Guide

The Mystery Bag from Shu-Chen Jenny Yen’s Online Montessori Albums

Mystery Bag from Montessori World

The Mystery Bag Sensorial Activity Ideas for the Montessori Classroom from North American Montessori Center

Blindfold Works (Photo) and Mystery Bag with Large Clay Letters at Inspired Montessori and Arts at Dundee Montessori

Early Sensorial – The Mystery Bag from How We Montessori

Montessori Mystery Bag Lesson from Confessions of a Montessori Mom

Montessori Sensorial: Mystery Bag from Carrots Are Orange

Mystery Bag! Exploring Rough and Smooth by Marnie from Carrots Are Orange at Learn with Play at Home

Mystery Bag with a Twist from Montessori Messy

Montessori Mystery Bag: DIY Montessori Materials from Montessori for Infants and Toddlers

Mystery Bag from Just Montessori

Mystery Bag from Montessori Mama

Mystery Bag from Montessori Works

Fabric Mystery Bag from Making Montessori Ours

Money Tight Montessori: Mystery Bag from Molly Makes Do

Continent Puzzle Pieces in Mystery Bag from Montessori Album

How Great Are Mystery Bags? from An Everyday Story

Traditional Montessori: Mystery Bag from The Wonder Years

Vegetables in Our Mystery Bag Matching Work on the Sensorial Shelf from Trillium Montessori

The Mystery Bag from Itty Bitty Love

The Stereognostic Bag by Jessie from The Education of Ours at Mommy Moment

Mystery Bag from Montessori Commons

Mystery Bag from My Montessori Journey

Montessori Monday Link-Up

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Notes

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