This is another great activity for developing fine motor skills, and it also teaches your child about the properties of glue and stickiness. Cut out the shape of an animal, a tree, a house, or anything else you can think of and use pom poms for the details. You and your child can make all kinds of wonderful art using pom poms, paper, and glue.

If you have pom poms in different sizes, your child can sort by both color and size.

Give your child a bowl or handful of pom poms and let them sort.

If you have chopsticks, you can make a pair of tweezers by wedging a folded piece of paper between the chopsticks and wrapping a rubber band around the top.

Give your child a pair of tweezers or tongs.

Attach the circles to the inside bottom of each muffin cup using tape if you make the circles just slightly bigger than the holder, you can push them into place and they will hold.

Grab a muffin tin from your kitchen and trace the circles of the individual muffin cups on pieces of colored paper (you can also trace them all on white paper and color them with markers or crayons).

Here’s how to make a color sorting station with a muffin tin: Bonus: it’s self-contained and portable, so it’s simple to set up, pack up, and bring wherever you go. You can also put them in the dryer: squeeze out the excess water, drop them into a pillowcase, tie the pillowcase with a piece of ribbon or string (or bind with a rubber band) and place the whole thing in the dryer.Ĭreating a color sorting game with a muffin tin and pom poms is a fun way for your child to strengthen fine motor skills, identify and match colors, and practice sorting.

The pom poms can be reused again and again: have your child squeeze the water out (or dump them into a colander and push it out), then lay them on a towel to dry.

You can talk about how a dripping-wet pom pom is heavier than one that’s been squeezed out, or let them watch the water drip from one pom pom onto another until both are wet.

If your child seems unsure of what to do, you can put a wet pom pom into their hand and show them how to squeeze the water out.

Your child will probably be content with just the pom poms, water, and their hands, but you can also offer spoons, tongs, pitchers, and any other object that can scoop, grab, or pour.

Fill a sensory bin or small storage container with water, and dump in as many pom poms as you or your child want (consider starting with a few and adding more once your child has had a chance to explore them too many at once can feel like overload for some children).

Here’s how to make a pom pom water station: Combining them can inspire all kinds of engaging activities to develop your child’s fine motor skills, coordination, and concentration. Water and pom poms are both tried and true ingredients for sensory play. The following activities are quick and easy to set up and give your child opportunities to practice everything from sorting to motor skills to gluing. Pom poms are a fun way to help develop your child’s fine motor skills and dexterity, and a great addition to sensory play.

Place a pom pom in your child’s hand and watch: they might squish it with their fingers until it disappears, then open their hand and pop it into the air.

Kids crafts using pompoms