50 Fine Motor Activities

Pick one activity to do each day and mark it off when

you are done.
Cut straws Tear strips of Draw with String beads on Use tweezers to
with scissors paper sidewalk chalk yarn or pipe pick up objects
cleaners

Color a picture Make “snakes” Snip paper with Paint a picture Decorate with
with crayons with playdough scissors with Q-tips stickers

Clip clothespins Make a tower Use a hole Use a water Spray water
on paper or with legos® punch to make dropper during with a spray
other objects “confetti” water play bottle
Roll balls out String through Put pipe Use decorative Paint with a
of playdough holes with yarn cleaners in tape on paper paintbrush
or clay holes in a
colander
Open and close Wrap rubber Scoop rice into Push Draw a picture
objects like bands around containers. toothpicks into on a vertical
Easter eggs an object Styrofoam surface
Make dots on Use rollers Draw or write Put paper clips Use dot
paper with glue with playdough letters in sand on paper markers on
paper
Make balls out “write” with Attach “chip Put pushpins Use squeeze
of regular or fingers in clips” onto into cardboard bottles during
tissue paper shaving cream different (with waterplay
objects supervision)
Help your Wash toys with Squeeze a Ice cookies with Cut playdough
parents cook a sponge stress ball icing gel or with scissors
or bake (flour or sand squeezable
in a balloon. frosting.
Pick up objects Make fruit Paint with Put a puzzle Pop bubble
with kitchen kabobs (with watercolors together wrap
tongs supervision) and droppers
Squeeze lemons String round Put coins in a Make shapes or Pick up cotton
to make cereal on yarn piggy bank structures out balls with
lemonade to make a of toothpicks clothespins
necklace and
marshmallows