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Torn Paper Art – Fine Motor Activity

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

fall fine motor activity - torn paper art

Torn paper art is such a simple fine motor activity! If you've been following me for awhile, you know that we love using contact paper for activities. This activity just involves contact paper, construction paper, and a marker. It's perfect for toddlers and preschoolers! Here's what you need for this torn paper art activity: clear contact paper construction paper tape marker googly eyes (optional) To start, you'll cut a piece of contact paper. With the stick side facing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Art, Fine Motor Skills, Kindergarten, Preschool Tagged With: contact paper, fine motor skills

Monster Eyes

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

monster eyes

Halloween is around the corner! Here's a fun monster activity that is not spooky, but rather great for math and sensory play! This monster eyes activity came to me while driving one day. In fact, many of my ideas come to me when I'm chauffeuring my kids around. :) This activity turned out so cute and I'm excited to share it with you! Materials for Monster Eyes: Monster Eyes printable gallon-sized Ziploc bag clear soap (about 1/4 cup) tape googly eyes To set up this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Halloween, Math Tagged With: counting, fine motor skills, Halloween, monsters

Fine Motor Apple Activity

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Here's a quick and easy fine motor apple activity. Instead of using real apples, you will make a simple activity using a paper bowl, yarn, and pom poms! This activity is a fun, hands-on way to practice fine motor skills. Materials for Fine Motor Apple Activity: paper bowl red yarn (I found ours at Hobby Lobby) tape scissors black pom poms or black beans kid tweezers To begin, you'll need to use scissors to make notches around the bowl. You'll want to space the cuts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fall Activities, Fine Motor Skills, Preschool Tagged With: apple activities, fine motor skills

Apple Tree Fine Motor Activity

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Fall is here! I love fall for so many reasons. For one, there are so many things you can do with apples! I have a ton of apple ideas on my site, but here's a quick apple tree fine motor activity. Materials for this activity: green and brown felt Velcro dots red craft pom poms tape scissors glue (hot glue gun works well!) Begin by creating a tree with the felt. Glue the green and brown pieces together. Then add Velcro dots to the green tree. I added ten … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fall Activities, Fine Motor Skills Tagged With: apples, fine motor skills

Dot Sticker Activities

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

I'm realizing more and more how much we love using dot stickers! Do you know what these are? They are colorful circle stickers that you can find in an office supply section of a store. I love how you can use them for so many activities! Today I'm sharing some very creative dot sticker activities. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Why Dot Stickers Rock I love dot stickers for three reasons: They are bright and colorful Peeling the stickers off the paper is super … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Kindergarten, Preschool Tagged With: dot stickers

Plastic Egg Water Wall

by Angela Thayer 5 Comments

plastic egg water wall

Have you ever just had an idea come to you? That's how this activity came to be. I was looking at the plastic Easter eggs that we re-use every year and was noticing the small holes on the bottom. It made me think of how they could be made into a fun water wall for my child to play with. So that's what I did! Lincoln helped me create this and he is super proud of it. In fact, he claims HE came up with the idea, so I let him take the credit! :) It was incredibly fun! We tried it with plain … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Fun Kid Activities, Sensory Play Tagged With: Easter, fun kids activities, plastic eggs

Cotton Ball Smash

by Angela Thayer 4 Comments

Cotton Ball Smash

If you have a toddler, you know that it's hard to keep them busy! They are either following you around, making messes around the house, antagonizing siblings, or trying to be "helpful" around the house. Today I'm sharing with you one of my favorite toddler activities. It's called Cotton Ball Smash and it's a great way to work on fine motor skills. Here's what you need for cotton ball smash: 1 cup of flour 1 cup of water whisk bowls food coloring tin foil baking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Toddlers Tagged With: cotton balls, fine motor skills, toddlers

Count and Clip Icicle Cards

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

Icicle Cards

Is it freezing where you live? We have such cold weather here, but no snow right now! Truthfully, I'd rather have snow if it's going to be so cold out! We do, however, have icicles. Icicles are so pretty! The icicles inspired me to do some activities with my kids, like create a model of an icicle. I also created these Count and Clip Icicle Cards that are great for working on fine motor skills, counting, and one-to-one correspondence (which means matching numerals to objects). Here's what … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Math, Preschool, Printables, Winter Activities Tagged With: count and clip, counting, icicles, one to one correspondence

Light Bulb Matching Activity

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

light bulb matching activity

Christmas is around the corner and I have a fun matching activity for your little ones to try! This light bulb matching activity is a fine motor activity, so children are building hand strength which will help them with handwriting skills. Plus this game practices matching colors! This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. Here's what you need for this matching activity: mini light bulbs or sticker light bulbs (mine are from Hobby Lobby! Make sure to get them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Holidays, Preschool Tagged With: Christmas, clothespins, light bulbs

Fine Motor Activity with Spray Bottles

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

I've been saving applesauce and baby food pouch lids for a long time because I just knew they would be great for an activity someday. I'm so glad I did, because they were perfect to use with this fine motor activity with spray bottles. The kids LOVE this simple activity and want to do it all the time. They don't even realize they are working on building up strength in their hands and fingers. Here's what you need for this activity: spray bottle (mine was from Dollar Tree) pouch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fine Motor Skills, Preschool Tagged With: fine motor skills, spray bottle

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