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Homemade Toddler Lacing Activity

January 19, 2011

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My toddler loves to lace beads on a string. Despite his fierce determination, his fine motor skills are not quite ready for little holes and so he screams, “need help!” at me the entire time. He needs a toddler-friendly lacing activity.

I put together this homemade lacing activity for him. I cut up a paper towel roll for the “beads” and used a large ribbon, the ends of which I cut into points using pinking shears (for easier threading). For good measure I fixed a square of cardboard at one end so the “beads” would not slip off.

Just right for little hands with lofty goals.

**I wish I could have gotten a photo of his efforts, but whenever I bring out the camera New Kid stops what he’s doing and yells, “camera, camera!”

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by: Erica posted in: Motor Skills, Toddler

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Comments

  1. Christy says

    January 19, 2011 at 12:03 pm

    Great idea!

  2. Michelle Willow says

    January 19, 2011 at 6:25 pm

    Good thinking! 🙂

  3. Raising a Happy Child says

    January 19, 2011 at 7:00 pm

    Nice modification for those little hands!

  4. Ellen says

    January 20, 2011 at 3:32 am

    this is SUCH A GOOD IDEA. i'm thoroughly impressed.

  5. aly in va says

    January 20, 2011 at 7:43 pm

    Easy, Quick and Cheap. Love it. I'm afraid my little one may try to ball it all up through….I'll try it and link back to you though 🙂

  6. Kristi@Creative Connections for Kids says

    January 22, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    This is great! I just wrote a post on lacing/stringing. If it is OK, I will add this link to the bottom of my post to pass along your activity too. Thanks! Kristi

  7. Scott says

    January 22, 2011 at 5:28 pm

    Really great idea! Last year on the “No Time for Flash Cards” blog, they used large plastic napkin rings for lacing, too. (http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2010/02/napkin-ring-necklace.html)

    Thanks for the idea.

  8. Mom of Toddlers says

    December 27, 2011 at 3:14 am

    Activity like this is a very good alternative to watching cartoon!

  9. HawaiianLibrarian says

    February 10, 2012 at 12:43 am

    Smart easy to replicate idea! Mahalo for sharing.

  10. Zoe says

    February 26, 2012 at 12:16 am

    I like this ideas:)it's good to do for my kids, thank you.

  11. Anonymous says

    July 13, 2012 at 12:30 am

    I did this for my students (2 year olds) but I had them decorate the “beads” with construction paper and glue, we turned them into necklaces to give to their mommies. It was cute and a great idea considering it was raining all day today

    -Alyssa, TX

    • Mom and Kiddo says

      July 13, 2012 at 8:57 am

      That sounds like a nice variation on the activity. Thanks for the suggestion.

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