Tight Coil Stick Art
Purpose
This fun craft provides great resistance, which is excellent for building finger strength. Tightly wrapping the pipe cleaners gives deep proprioceptive input, often called 'heavy work.' This strengthening is vital for endurance during fine motor tasks like coloring and cutting. Picking up and placing the small stickers requires precise pincer control and sharp visual focusing skills. This combined effort helps prepare little hands for managing a pencil or buttoning clothes.
Activity Steps
Steps:
- Place one Craft Stick flat on the table. Use your helper hand to hold it steady and still.
- Take a Pipe Cleaner. Use your dominant hand to twist it tightly around the stick. Coil the pipe cleaner snugly from end to end.
- Continue wrapping new pipe cleaners until the entire Craft Stick is covered in a dense, fuzzy layer. Press the coils close together.
- Choose one small sticker from the Plastic Container. Peel the sticker using only your thumb and pointer finger (pincer grasp).
- Carefully press the sticker firmly onto the fuzzy, coiled surface of the stick. This requires precise aim and controlled force.
- Cover the coiled stick with colorful stickers until you complete your masterpiece. Count how many stickers you placed.
Safety Tip:
Pipe cleaners and small stickers pose a choking hazard. Constant, direct adult supervision is required for children under 5 throughout this activity.
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