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Fine MotorPreschoolers14 Comments
Making a Fruit Loop necklace is such a classic fine motor activity for kids to do, you have to do it!
I have been digging through old photos lately – I recently bought Adobe Lightroom (affiliate link if you’re interested) and have been organizing and purging.
I am super excited when I stumble across an activity we did that I forgot all about! George painting with Q-tips was one of those!
This Fruit Loop necklace is also one of those forgotten activities, and a classic at that. Which I love to share because it reminds me of simple things we can do to entertain the kids.
Not everything needs to be so frivolous, or for a holiday, or to learn something.
Sometimes its just fun to do something.
And this is one of those activities. Something just fun to do.
Well, it also works on their fine motor skills. Shh.
Obviously, you need a thread to make this Fruit Loop necklace. Cut a string rather long, plenty big enough to fit over their head and then some.
We have hemp cord (affiliate link) on hand often. It comes in handy for hanging decorations in the window and activities with threading like this.
But yarn would also work, or any kind of string you might have on hand, heck, even ribbon would work just fine!
I knotted one end of the string and then taped it to the table to stick it in place.
The knot is to keep the string from slipping under the tape, that’s all.
George then went to town threading Fruit Loops onto the string to make a necklace.
Of course, he munched a few too.
And Louis was just a year old at this time and he had a snack while George made it.
The kids can string as little or as many Fruit Loops onto the necklace as the like! There’s no reason it needs to be filled completely.
When they’re done, simple tie the ends together to complete the Fruit Loop necklace!
If you’d like, this could be an opportunity to work on color sorting. Your child could first sort the Fruit Loops by color and then thread a color at a time onto the string to make it a color block necklace.
Or it could be an opportunity for patterning. Make it as simple (ABAB) or as complicated (ABCD, AABBCCDD) as your child is able to understand.
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Karena says
Thanks, the kids loved it! Old and simple activity, but had forgotten it!
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Danielle says
I am a first year homeschool mom of a 3rd grader. It has been a real challenge LEARNING how to be a teacher who can keep things upbeat and the child engaged. So my 3 year old son hasn’t gotten the attention he deserves. This makes things so much better for all of us. The older child enjoys a harder version of these ideas, and the son has been happier doing projects he can understand as a family. Ty
Janice Wald says
How fun. When I was little I had an edible necklace, so this brought back memories. I can’t remember if they were fruit loops though.
Hi, I’m Janice, one of your hostesses at the Inspire Me Monday Linky party. Thank you for coming to our linky party last Monday.
Mum of One says
LOVE this. Used to do stuff like this loads with my eldest and a bit guilty of not doing too much with my second child. Will give this a go. Thanks for sharing with the #pinitparty. have pinned :)
Laura at Mommy Maleta says
So cute – I love these “oldy but goody” activities. My little guy will be 3 soon so we will be breaking out the fruit loops! Thx for linking up at the Thoughtful Spot!