I am so excited to have Colleen from Sugar Aunts guest posting on Crayon Box Chronicles today. She’s sharing a fun and creative way to boost fine motor skills, along with sorting and color matching. Her site is full of fantastic sensory and fine motor activities for children. After reading her fun post, be sure to pop over and follow along with her wonderful blog!
Snowman Craft for Fine Motor Play
Today’s learning activity for preschoolers is easy to set-up, fun, and educational. Our heart tissue paper by number activity helps reinforce a child’s understanding of basic numbers, color matching, as well as improve fine motor skills. All it takes to get started is a few basic materials you probably have lying around craft table + love! C really enjoyed our turkey tissue paper by number craft, so we thought we’d try it for Valentine’s Day too! Continue reading
Today’s heart sensory collage explores tactile sensations, cutting, and fine motor skills. With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, this seemed like a great opportunity to create with red materials. This child-led activity give C a chance to explore materials he collected with minimal instruction from me. Continue reading
Trapezoids, squares, and right triangles, oh my! We love finding interesting ways to learn shapes and colors. Our DIY geoboard is durable, educational, and sets-up in a snap. This project has been a long-time coming for me, probably two years. I wanted to wait until C was three and had a basic understanding of shapes. He’s fanatical about shapes and colors, so I knew he’d gravitate to it! Boy, ow-boy was I right – he loves it! As a child, my favorite toy was a geoboard, so I think I’m just as excited. Do you ever find yourself playing with your kids toys? Continue reading
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This is our fun twist on mosaic art ― yarn style! You can up-cylce just about any container, add some colorful yarn and gems, and you’ll have a beautiful kid-made vase! This fun craft will challenge those skills needed for pre-school ― fine motor, cutting, and gluing.
Materials Needed:
What’s Next:
First we began by cutting the yarn into different lengths, using varying colors and textures. C loved this part! Next, create lines and patterns on the container with the glue and cover the glue lines with the yarn. If the glue dries, add more as you go. We used a lot of glue! Tip: It helps to wash your hands periodically to remove the glue. Also, using the point of something helps stop the yarn from sticking to your fingers.
Continue creating swirls, hearts, lines, and more fun designs! Lots of fine motor practice for kids!
For fun bling we added sequins and gems to help in shine! Set aside to dry. C threw his arms up and said, “I’m done!” He lasted about 10 minutes, then we took a break and came back to it. If I did it again, I’d choose a smaller canvas for my three year old.
A good alternative to the yarn is sequins and gems — just glue and stick for a mosaic “tile” vase! You can use cardboard or a shoe box to make a picture or use the decorated container to collect and store things — lots of options!
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Rawr! Meet our scaly Brachiosaurus dinosaur! He’s super fun to make and a great sensory experience.
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