Are you looking for a fun activity to help strengthen fine motor skills of your toddler or preschooler? This feeding the monster activity is a super fun and inexpensive way to help!
Don’t you just love simple fine motor skills? Well, this one took a whole 5 minutes to make. That included waiting for the glue gun to heat up!
It is as simple as sticking (hot glue in my case) some googly eyes on a wipe bin with a pom pom for a nose and pipe cleaners for eye brows.
The hole for the wipes makes a nice mouth!
Next round up some things to feed this very hungry monster. I found some large threading buttons, pom poms as well as bottle caps.
This one took no explaining. My 4 year old dived right in there telling his toddler sister about the hungry monster and it was eating.
Monster fed, the 4 year old moved off and my 19 month old had the tray to herself. I had to empty the wipe box first for her to re-feed.
True to her little self, the pom poms landed up in the bottle lids and guess what, those fitted on top of the buttons. It kind of looks like some gourmet snack!
This little fine motor activity is really easy to just pack up and put away as well. Just close the monster and pack up the contents inside the bin and it is ready for the next adventure.
Take a look at what our friends are up to this week for fine motor skills friday!
Visit my co-hosts:
- Magic Leprechaun Spray Fine Motor Play from Little Bins for Little Hands
- Pipe Cleaner Rainbow from Still Playing School
- Using A Knife from P is for Preschooler
- Excavating Playdough Dinosaur Eggs from School Time Snippets
- Personalized Hot Air Balloon Contact Paper Craft from House of Burke
- St. Patrick’s Day Counting Game from Lalymom
This idea isn’t JUST for 1 year olds!
There are 40 more activities in the book and ALL include an activity variation AND “As They Grow” section, making this a Grow-With-Them book. Activities are suited to 1, 2, 3 and even 4 year olds!
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Nicola says
I have a 6.5yo who is in Grade 1 at school (Australia) and is struggling with his fine motor skills. Give him an iPad and he does really well, he reads well and he is good at maths. But writing anything is a struggle and he hates the traditional ideas. There are some great ideas here but can you point me to anything specific that a “too cool for school” active boy might enjoy? Many thanks, Nicola
Nicolette Roux says
I haven’t shared much a 6+ year old boy might find awesome. BUT my friend over at http://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/ has tons of things she does with her son that I think you will love!
Nicola says
Just had a look at your friends’ website and it is very inspirational. Thank you for such a quick response!!
fiftarina says
Again, another great idea to try. Will be trying this with my preschooler this coming holiday! Thanks a lot!
Clarissa Hooper says
We have so many extra wipes containers- what a great way to use them in play 🙂
Shaunna @ Fantastic Fun and Learning says
I love the selection of materials you chose. This would keep my toddlers busy for quite some time. I’m featuring this post today, too.
Emma @ P is for Preschooler says
Adding googly eyes makes everything more fun! This box is seriously cute!
Kristina @ School Time Snippets says
Super cute monster! We have a ton of those containers as they make great storage containers! But might have to give one up to do something like this. I know my 13 month old would love sticking things inside the monsters mouth!
Nicolette Roux says
You could use it to store bottle lids! hehe
Still Playing School says
My kids would both LOVE this!
Georgina @ Craftulate says
What a great idea! My son would love this!
Laura @ Lalymom says
This is so great! Simple and cute! I love the gourmet snacks, too funny! Love it!!