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Q-Tips and Straws – Fine Motor Skills Activity

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 Q-Tips and Straws Fine Motor Skills Activity - A great way to help little hands strengthen fine motor skills and work on colors at the same time.
Recently, we shared a post on How to Dye Q-Tips. This was incredibly popular and I got a lot of questions of how to use dyed q-tips for play and learning. This Q-Tips and Straws fine motor skills activity was challenging and fun for my kids. There is a color matching and pattern making element as well which just extends the fun. We love working on fine motor skills at our place as is evidenced by these 18 Fine Motor Activities for Preschoolers.

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You will want to be sure to use straws that match your dyed q-tips. Cut your colored straws into small pieces anywhere between 1 and 2 inches. You will want the length to be able to cover the white section of the q-tip.
Present your child with the straws and dyed q-tips and have them try to thread a q-tip through a similar colored straw.
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In addition to working to working on fine motor skills, this activity offers a chance to practice color matching.
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Even my five year old found the fine motor aspect of this activity challenging. It required concentration to get the q-tip in the straw. We added a timer to this activity as well, and my daughter raced against the clock to thread as many q-tips as she could. She was delighted whenever she could beat her previous time.
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When we were done placing the dyed q-tips through the straws, we practiced making patterns. Yet another way to use our dyed q-tips!

 

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Q-Tips and Straws Fine Motor Skills Activity - A great way to help little hands strengthen fine motor skills and work on colors at the same time.
For more fine motor skills activities check out:
Fine Motor Skills Activity with Tongs                             Fun with Pipe Cleaners
               
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  2. This is such a simple and fun activity. I took a short-cut and we used pipe cleaners instead of Q-tips. That inspired me to have the boys (2 and 4) create pipe cleaner / straw bracelets. I cut the straws (another fine motor development activity) down to bead-size and they placed them onto the long pipe cleaner. Once they had enough "straw-beads" on their pipe cleaner to go around their wrists, I twist tied it and put the sharp/loose ends back into the next bead. They both really enjoyed this activity and could do it. It wasn't too advanced. Thank you so much for this idea!!

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  2. […] https://www.messforless.net/q-tips-and-straws-fine-motor-skills-activity/#_a5y_p=1928832 This is a very good fine motor activity that helps develop eye hand coordination, dexterity, visual skills and matching skills. The above link will take you to Mess For Less website which featured this post and detailed instructions. You will need coloured straws and Q-tips/ear buds for this activity. Water colours are also needed to colour the Q-tips/Ear buds. https://www.messforless.net/how-to-dye-q-tips-for-play-and-learning/ […]

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