Pom pom Bird
Purpose:
This activity promotes grasping skills and provides tactile input by creating a little bird from differently sized pom-poms.
Skills: Bilateral Hand Use(?) The use of both hands simultaneously, in a controlled manner, to perform an activity (i.e. clapping hands, using your one hand to hold a pencil while the other is used to stabilize the paper)., Cutting, Grasp, Hand Dexterity, Pincer Control, Tactile Perception(?) Tactile Perception (sometimes referred to as touch perception) is the brain's ability to understand (perceive) what the hands are feeling.
For this activity, you will need 3 pom-poms in different sizes. You can use almost any pom-pom color.
Start by instructing the child to cut an oval shape out of the cardboard (length should be about 2″ – 3″).
Glue the large pom-pom (red) to the oval-shaped cardboard. This will be the bird’s body.
Glue the medium pom-pom (red) on top of the large pom-pom. This will be the bird’s head.
Glue the smallest pom-pom (yellow) to the medium pom-pom forming a bird’s beak.
Glue the wiggle eyes above the beak.
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