Pokey Pipe Cleaners Activity

Pokey Pipe Cleaners Activity

Posted 2013-05-24 by Jane Streetfollow
Here's a cheap, easy and fun activity for Under 5s to practise fine motor skills. Best of all, there's no mess to clean up afterwards!

Time: 10 minutes
Age: Under 5's
Level: Easy

Materials
  • Colander
  • Pipe cleaners (preferably different colours and textures)

  • Cheap materials


    Method
  • Set the colander and pipe cleaners out on a little table or at a high chair
  • Use a variety of colours and textures of pipe cleaner if you can. We used soft chenille ones as well as crispy glittery ones.
  • Push a few pipe cleaners into some of the holes in the upturned colander to get started
  • Let your child explore by poking pipe cleaners into different holes, or pulling the pipe cleaners out

  • Intense concentration trying to poke a pipe cleaner through the hole


  • Try bending the pipe cleaners over and feeding into another hole to make loops

  • Try making loops


  • With older children, try twisting into flower shapes together and pretend to plant the flowers in a garden

  • Try making pipe cleaner flowers with older children


    Plant your pipe cleaner flowers in the colander garden


    Categories
    #under_5s
    #pipe_cleaners
    #fine_motor_skills
    #activity
    #easy
    #cheap
    #flowers

    %mykidcraft
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    Under_5s
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    Over_10s
    Cheap
    Medium
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