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Flossing Activity for Preschoolers

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

Do your kids floss? Or do they know the reason we floss? I decided to introduce my oldest to what flossing is when he was 3 years old. He was new to flossing, so this activity was a great hands-on activity for explaining it.

 

 

 

Flossing

Materials for Flossing Activity:

*construction paper (and I added some cardboard to the back)

*egg carton

*white paint

*play dough

*floss and toothpicks

To start, cut apart an egg carton. Then paint some of them white. As you can see, we only used 8 of them.

IMG_4942 Let them dry and then glue them down on the paper in the shape of a mouth. Add a tongue and draw around it so it looks more like a mouth. After everything is dried, put pieces of play dough in between the egg cartons to represent food that gets caught in our teeth.

Then show your little one what floss is and how to use it. Then use the floss to get the playdough pieces out. I told my son he couldn’t use his fingers, which was quite difficult for a 3-year-old! It definitely challenged his fine motor skills.

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IMG_4956 We also tried it with a long toothpick. He thought that was a bit easier!

IMG_4961 Can’t leave the little guy out. He was busy playing with play dough and breaking it up into itty bitty pieces. Anyone else have a 1 year old who does that?

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Happy Flossing!

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