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.
Blow up the balloon 1/4 way.
You may tie a knot or tape the tip of the balloon to hold the air in.
Have the child cut the yarn into long strips.
In a bowl, help the child mix the glue and water together until you get a viscid mixture.
Ask the child to dip the strips of yarn in the glue mixture and then use it to wrap around the balloon, starting from bottom to top (the child might need help with the bottom part where the yarn should be rolled tightly).
Encourage the child to use a pincer grasp (tip grasp) to take the yarn pieces out of the mixture.
Continue until the balloon is 3/4 covered in yarn. Allow to dry, then pop the balloon and take it out.
To make the bowl colorful, use different colors of yarn.
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.
This activity should be done outdoors and is designed for more than one child.
For each child, fill 3 bottles one-half or two-thirds full with water. Add a couple of tablespoons of oil, a couple of drops of paint, and a handful of sequences. Mark a “START” point and place all the bottles at this point.
Mark an “END” line on the opposite side (you can use a rope, a blanket, or some chairs).
Ask the children to line up at the starting point and pick up a bottle.
On your mark, ask the children to walk as fast as they can, without dropping their bottle, to the endpoint.
Once they get to the end point, have them put their bottle down and walk back to get another bottle.
The first child that transfers all his/her bottles from the starting point to the end point, wins!
