I started by making a bunch of flowers. I used my circle paper punches
and glued circles together to make flowers.
Baby Girl and I stuck them onto green paper clips. It was a great way to get started on the fine motor work in this activity. She was really focused on putting the paperclips onto the flowers.


Fine Motor Activity for Kids
We tried clay and play dough for this activity. The clay was more resistive to press the paper clips into, and a better strengthening tool…but it seemed to stick more to the paper clips. Play dough worked better for us, and was just as good a fine motor strengthening work out.
Pressing the paper clips into the play dough is a great way to encourage a tripod grasp while strengthening the intrinsic muscles of the hands. The small muscles within the hand are so important for arch support and control in many fine motor tasks (coloring, zippering, buttoning…)
We’ve done another paper clips and play dough color match activity recently that hit on the fine motor work in this activity. Check it out…your little play dough fan will love it!
This was a fun way to pretend and play as we grew our little garden!
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What a fabulous idea! I love how you included the paper clips!
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