OVERVIEW
Prep time: 2 minutes
Difficulty: Easy Peasy
Estimated Cost: 20 AED
Mess level: Low
What you need:
Container
Cotton wall balls
A variety of house hold objects/toys
Instructions:
Once your child is sitting up on their own, reaching and grabbing for toys, you can try this cotton ball toddler fine motor activity. It’s so simple! Find a big box, fill with cotton wall balls and hid the objects with in.
Notes:
Great for DIY activities when you little one gets older like sticking on paper to create different animals and shapes.
Benefits:
A versatile and hands-on fine motor and sensory activity. No mess, easy to create, low cost and can be repeated over and over again.
Ways to adapt:
Perfect to add to a sensory basket/tray
Mix up the items they need to find
Add spoons and then tweezer to extra the items you have hidden
Add pots to transfer
Buy colored balls so they can color sort
After using you can paint and or then use them as stamps
After painting, you can bake in the over (around 45 minutes) so they go hard - here you have a totally new sensory activity.
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