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Sweet and Spicy: Making Pomanders with Kids

December 9, 2009

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I saw a photo of pomanders in a magazine and was inspired to turn it into a holiday activity for my son. Making pomanders turned out to be a great way to exercise those fine motor skills.

Pomanders - a fun holiday activity for kids

All you need:

  • a few oranges
  • cloves
  • a nail
  • masking tape (optional)
  • ribbon (optional)

Since poking the cloves into the orange took some strength, Kiddo used a marker to make dots where he wanted holes and I poked holes with a nail for him.

He became really involved with this and worked for a while independently (always my secret goal) and I must admit, I found it quite relaxing, too. Plus, now my fingers smell great!

Pomanders - a fun fine motor activity for kids during the holidays

Some instructions advise using orrisroot to help preserve the pomanders. I didn’t bother with that, however. I’ll just compost them when they start to mold. I put blue tape on the one orange you see in the photo as a guide, after I removed it, I tied on a ribbon.

One request… please let your child chose where to put his cloves! Don’t draw a pretty design for him to follow. Independent creativity is best.

Fine motor skills practice with pomanders

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by: Erica posted in: Art and Crafts, Holiday, Motor Skills 2 Comments

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  1. 5orangepotatoes says

    December 9, 2009 at 2:10 pm

    We love making these! They smell so yummy. I have the girls poke a fork into the orange to make holes for the cloves. Ours keep for a long time, depending on the amount of cloves the orange has.

    happy holidays!

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  2. Raising a Happy Child says

    December 9, 2009 at 11:08 pm

    I have never heard about them until one of my online friends mentioned them on her blog. Sounds like fun… next year project by now 🙂

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