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    You are here: Home / Play / Motor Skills / Homemade Toddler Lacing Activity

     

    Homemade Toddler Lacing Activity

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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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    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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