practice fine motor skills with COLOR CLIPS
I came across a bag of clothes pins and couldn’t resist.  They only cost about $2 and I figured I would find something fun to do with them.  They sat in my art cabinet for a while before I found their perfect match!
what you need: wood pieces ~ tempera paint ~ cloths pins
I found these wood pieces at Joann’s for $1.60.  The bag contains 6 rectangles.   I am so excited about this little package, imagine the projects that will come from them (you know once I buy out their stock)!  I painted 3 of the rectangles.  Each with 3 colors.
I painted one board red, orange, and yellow.  One board blue, green, and yellow.  The last board I painted red, purple and blue.  I painted clothes pins to match.  I divided the clothes pins by six so each color would have the same amount.
Little M had no trouble using the cloths pins, and quickly clipped the pins to the matching color. Â Big M used them a little differently.
He loves patterns. Â Making them is one of his favorite things to do. Â He got started on this pattern right away. Â It’s one of the most elaborate pattern’s I’ve seen him make.
Tips:  1. Paint only the very tops of the clothes pins, otherwise they stick together.  2. This activity is a great one to leave on the table for a week.  I piled them into a plastic container and left them on their kid table.
Any ideas of what I should do with the other 3 rectangles???
omg i love this! this is such a great idea for working on fine motor skills… i’m thinking i might have to have it to repost on my site??? love it!
shelley
Thank you!
Practical and Inexpensive…Love it:)
That’s me practical and cheap (or umm… inexpensive? hee hee)