Fast forward to this year and I decided to give that Christmas Tree Geoboard a face lift and a new purpose.
Since it was filled with plenty of holes, I decided to repaint the foam tree and upcycle it into an activity that Baby Brother and Little Sis could do using velco and pom poms.
It is very similar to our tot-friendly Velcro Tower we shared last year!
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Christmas Fine Motor Skills Activity
Originally, I purchased the foam tree from the Dollar Store.
For this activity I repainted it green, added Velcro dots to the cone, and applied the other half of the Velcro dots to Pom Poms.
Although the Velcro dots stick to the pom poms, I would suggest that you use a glue gun to keep them together a bit better.
Baby Brother manipulating the pom poms on and off the tree!
It required a lot of hand-eye coordination.
I love this picture with his tongue hanging out; you can tell he was concentrating very hard!
Your little one will be honing those fine motor skills as they pinch, pull, and squeeze the pom poms.
For a Preschooler, you could also turn this into a math/ counting game.
Roll a die and add so many pom poms and/or take them off the tree!
Don't forget to talk about colors, too : )
More great fine motor ideas:
- Santa Hats Cup Stacking Game from Lalymom
- Kinetic Sand Christmas Tree from Still Playing School
- Fine Motor Pipe Cleaner Tree - Christmas Busy Bags from Powerful Mothering
- Painting with Ornaments from House of Burke
- Jingle Bell Busy Box from And Next Comes L
- Christmas Lights Slime Fine Motor Sensory Play from Little Bins for Little Hands
