Steps:
Safety Tip:
CHOKING HAZARD: This activity uses small pieces of paper. Always supervise your child. Ensure they do not put paper in their mouth.
This activity was inspired by our kiddo’s favorite princess, whose fairy godmother transformed a pumpkin to take her to a ball in a beautiful ballgown, with sparkling jewelry, and glass slippers.
Step 1: Place toy jewelry into each slot of an ice tray. You may use pieces of beaded-necklaces, toy diamonds or toy earrings. Ensure safety by eliminating choking hazards and supervising children at all times.
Step 2: Pour water into the ice tray.
Step 3: Freeze.
Step 4: Remove from the freezer and place the jewelry-filled ice cubes into a bowl.
Step 5: Squeeze a squirt bottle filled with water to melt ice cubes. You may add food coloring for an additional visual effect.
Step 6: Melt the ice cube until the jewelry is set free.
Step 7: Scoop the jewelry out with a spoon or scooping utensil to practice self-feeding skills.
Step 8: Count your sparkling pieces of jewelry!
For this activity, you will need to use flour, salt, and water to add to the puffy paint.
In a mixing bowl mix an equal amount of flour, salt, and water.
Add the paint and mix well.
Fill the squeeze bottle with the paint mixture and let the child squeeze the puffy paint onto cardboard to create a picture.
When dry, the paint becomes hard and shiny.
To work on visual motor skills you can have the child imitate or copy different strokes, shapes or letters.
Place two containers or buckets on opposite sides of the room or the area you play at.
Fill up one of the containers with water.
You may add food coloring if you wish.
Have the child transfer the water from one container to the other using a squeeze bottle or an eyedropper.
Fill the empty water bottle with colored water using food coloring.
Use different color masking tape or markers to mark water levels on the paper cups.
Make sure to mark the levels on the higher side. This will help achieve full forearm pronation.
Ask the child to take the filled bottle and fill the cups up until the water reaches the marker.
Encourage proper pronation of the wrist while filling the paper cups.
For grading, use a squirt bottle to work on finger strengthening as the child is squeezing the water out of the bottle to fill up the cups.
