Work on fine motor skills and color matching with this pipe cleaner and beads rainbow tree activity; such a fun way to work on recognizing the colors of the rainbow!
Fine Motor Color MatchingActivity
This activity would have fit in *perfectly* last week when we focused on Letter R in Tot School with Little Sis- but I didn't think of it then!We did all kinds of rainbow themed activities and did some other fine motor activities, too, like bleeding tissue paper art and a name rainbow with clothespins .
This activity kind of evolved after I was trying to put away all the pipe cleaners that became a tangled mess from another activity I was trying to put together.
I held a bunch in my hand and the super neat Spooky Trees created by Jessica @ Play Trains! came to mind.
Colorful Pipe Cleaner Tree
Supplies:
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- pipe cleaners
- beads
- tape
After playing around a bit, I grabbed the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, & purple.
I twisted the pipe cleaners together, but left them separate at the top for the branches and a little bit at the bottom (for the roots).
And just in case they got a little top heavy with the pony beads, I taped the roots down to the tray.
I poured out a bunch of pony beads onto Little Sis's and Big Brothers tray and let them create!
I encouraged Little Sis to match the pony beads to the colored branches... and she did that for a little while, and then decided she'd do her own thing ; )
Big Brother decided to make patterns on his branches.
The kiddos had a great morning of creating and playing with the Rainbow Trees; but who doesn't enjoy some freestyle color fun with pipe cleaners and pony beads?!
Try making your own pipe cleaner rainbow tree to work on:
color recognition and matching skills
fine motor skills
counting
hand-eye coordination
More fine motor skills ideas:
- Pipe Cleaner and Straw Bracelets @ Craftulate
- Pool Noodles and Pegs @ And Next Comes L
- Monster Munch Fine Motor Game @ Lalymom
- Fall Playdough Tree @ Stir the Wonder
