Burlap Weaving Activity
Try “racing” one feather against another in a piece of burlap ribbon. This is a great way to build spatial and positional awareness as well as eye-hand coordination.
Weaving Burlap Fine Motor Skills
When weaving burlap, there are many fine motor skills that are addressed.
So, what exactly are you working on when completing this project?
- Bilateral Coordination
- Eye-Hand Coordination
- Separation of the two sides of the hand
- Open thumb web space
- Wrist mobility
- Tripod grasp
Threading the feathers through the holes of the burlap ribbon is a fun way to work on many skills needed for skills like pencil grasp, handwriting, manipulating clothing fasteners, and tying shoes.
Click on each of the links above to read more about that skill area as well as additional creative activities designed to build that particular area.
Looking for more easy fine motor activities? Try these:
- Fine Motor Play Dough Intrinsic Muscle Strength
- Rainbow Hundreds Chart
- Pencil Control Exercises
- Pre-Writing Handwriting Lines
- Benefits of Stickers in Occupational Therapy
- Neat Pincer Grasp Fine Motor Activity
- Buttoning Tips and Tricks
- Travel Sensory Diet Bag
You’ll find more bilateral coordination and fine motor activities in our Fine Motor Kits:
Working on fine motor skills, visual perception, visual motor skills, sensory tolerance, handwriting, or scissor skills? Our Fine Motor Kits cover all of these areas and more.
Check out the seasonal Fine Motor Kits that kids love:
Or, grab one of our themed Fine Motor Kits to target skills with fun themes:
- Frogs Fine Motor Kit
- Unicorns Fine Motor Kit
- Vehicles Fine Motor Kit
- Apple Fine Motor Kit
- Back to School Kit
- Sports Fine Motor Kit
- Outer Space Fine Motor Kit
- Fairytale Fine Motor Kit
- Plus more in our shop!
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Colleen Beck, OTR/L has been an occupational therapist since 2000, working in school-based, hand therapy, outpatient peds, EI, and SNF. Colleen created The OT Toolbox to inspire therapists, teachers, and parents with easy and fun tools to help children thrive. Read her story about going from an OT making $3/hour (after paying for kids’ childcare) to a full-time OT resource creator for millions of readers. Want to collaborate? Send an email to contact@theottoolbox.com.
