Happy Fine Motor Friday! My co-hosts (Lalymom, Craftulate, School Time Snippets, Little Bins for Little Hands, P is for Preschooler, Racheous, Still Playing School, House of Burke and Powerful Mothering) and I are excited to share fun activities for toddlers and preschoolers that help build fine motor skills every Friday. At the end of this post you will find links for more great fine motor activities from my co-hosts. Be sure to check them out!

On Tuesday I posted about our Winter Olympics Small World and how I set it up with our Olympic athlete figures. Today I am going to share with you how I made them with Caden’s help. 

Before we got started, I wrapped the heads of our wooden clothespin figures (given to me by CraftProjectIdeas.com) with blue painters tape. I did this so that Caden could easily paint the bodies of the figures without getting paint on their heads. It worked great!

Once all the wooden figures were prepped, I set Caden up at the kitchen table. We used the new art apron and paint brushes given to use by CraftProjectIdeas.com. Tip: Cover your table with brown wrapping paper or paper bag and use blue painters tape to keep it from moving. This makes clean up a breeze! And you can reuse the paper next time, just fold it up when you are done!

Using the acrylic paint set (also given to us by CraftProjectIdeas.com) Caden painted the wooden figures. This is a great way to practice fine motor skills,  hand-eye coordination, and using both hands to complete a task. Above Caden is using his left hand to hold the peg still while he paints with his right hand. As you can see by his face he wasn’t thrilled with the idea of getting paint on his fingers. 

I helped him paint the rest by holding the wooden pegs for him. I also quickly painted the rest of the pegs when Caden lost interest and was ready to move on to another activity. Then when the paint was dried I used a hot glue gun, craft felt, craft foam, tooth picks and pipe cleaners gifted to me by CraftProjectIdeas.com to fashion the wooden pegs into Olympic athletes and mascots. I made two bob sledders, a skier, snowboarder and figure skater. I also made two of the Sochi Paralympics mascots, Ray of Light and Snow Flake. They are so cute I couldn’t resist! 

Happy Fine Motor Friday!

Be sure to check out these great fine motor ideas from my co-hosts!

Snowman Sand Art from P is for Preschooler

Valentines Day Sweet Treat Fine Motor Skills Activities from Little Bins for Little Hands

How to make Foam Lacing Shapes from Powerful Mothering

Transportation Connect the Dots with Numbers from Craftulate

Foam Heart Sticker Mosaic from School Time Snippets

50 COOL DIY Toys for Fine Motor Skills from Lalymom

Cooking with Kids: Developing Fine Motor Skills in the Kitchen from Still Playing School

Fine Motor Valentine’s Playdough Play from House of Burke

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