While cleaning out the pantry, I was keeping an eye out for items that we could use for learning experiences. Low and behold, I found some stale cereal which had holes in the middle. Perfect for stringing. Then I saw the box of spaghetti noodles and thought that might be fun to use those in place of yarn for stringing. So.....we took a small cup, stuffed some playdoh in the bottom of it and carefully pushed the uncooked spaghetti into it. I gave T a cup of the cereal and he got to work putting it on the pasta. He saved the straws and buttons for the last to make a "helicopter". R, again choose to eat the cereal and just string the straws and buttons. You could use any type of cereal with a hole in the middle, Cheerios, Joe's O's, whatever you find really. This was a really fun, creative fine motor skill activity!
Fun activity! Although I think my little one would break the spaghetti before we'd even get started!
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer. Thanks for stopping by. My son kept breaking the pasta too. That was part of the learning process. It took him a couple times trying to realize just how gentle he needed to be. Give it a try!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous game - brilliant for motor skills and creativity combined. I'll definitely be doing this very soon! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMJM.
What a great idea, my toddler would eat the cereal too, I am positive :)
ReplyDeleteI love that the photos show how much they were concentrating! I think L would really like to try this. Thanks for sharing with us at the Play Academy.
ReplyDeleteOoh looks fun! Allthe different shapes and how the fit together!
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Maggy