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Spatula Flip for hand strength and range of motion
Another activity that I had my son do while working on strengthening his hand and forearm after his broken arm, is flipping bean bags with a spatula. I did not have any bean bags, so I put some beans...
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Bugs In a Jar Craft
I started this craft thinking it would be so cute to cut out bugs and glue them onto a bug box like you caught the bugs. This morphed into a jar, because a jar is see through, and a bug box is not....
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Catch a Cloud and Pin it Down: Cloud Activities
I found this book called Cloudination at the AOTA conference, and it was such a simple and unique idea that would work well in some therapy situations. The book has pictures of clouds, and you draw...
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Spider Craft for Cutting, Folding, gluing, and Writing
Halloween is coming up soon, so I am having the kids make spiders this week. The spider bodies require cutting out circles, and the legs require cutting rectangles. You also have to fold the legs on...
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Acorn cutting, tearing, and painting
I love cutting activities that then include other skills, like tearing paper, writing, and q-tip painting. I have done many different cutting activities, and here is a quick and easy fall cutting...
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Coloring and Cutting Heart Bugs and Caterpillars
Last year I made some really cute heart butterflies, and wanted to increase it by having other bugs to make too. They make cute little valentine love bugs. The bugs are very similar to the heart...
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Fireworks Coloring to Practice Writing Lines
Fourth of July is this week, and what better way to practice writing different types of lines than drawing fireworks. You can make fireworks out of different colors, and make squiggly lines, straight...
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Making Tents and Teepees with Writing Lines
When playing with the Munchy Ball with a young boy, we worked on making some houses. I tried to have him make a woven stick Teepee such as the one made by Timbernook, but our ground was too hard and we...
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Fishing for letters
To work on a combination of skills, I made some fish with letters on them, added some pipe cleaner to make it metallic, and made some fishing poles out of pipe cleaner and magnets. Fishing is a great...
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Sensory Painting with Pasta and Edible Paint
When working with a sensory group with food aversions, I needed to make the activities fun as well as give exposure to some of the sensations that go along with food. I wanted to have the food...
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Fine Motor Skills With Torn Paper Pumpkins
It is Autumn, so it’s time for us to make pumpkins. I love having kids tear paper because it really makes them work hard with their fingers and work on those fine motor skills. I have had kids cut out...
View ArticleFun Fine Motor Turkey Activities
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so it is a great time to use turkey crafts in your therapy sessions. Most of these turkey crafts/activities work on fine motor skills, and some incorporate...
View ArticleGingerbread House Decorating; real and pretend
I love decorating gingerbread houses, and it works on some great skills with spreading the frosting and placing the candy. I will often do a simplified version making graham cracker houses instead of...
View ArticleEaster Egg Writing Lines
Easter is almost here so here is an Easter activity. It includes practice writing lines, coloring, cutting, and writing. You can choose a simple grouping of eggs to practice lines on and then color....
View ArticleFlower Writing Lines
Spring is here and it is time to brighten things up with flower activities. I created a craft to draw on the flower petals, cut them out, and then glue them onto a paper. The petals have light lines...
View ArticleIn hand manipulation skills using broken crayons
In order to work on in-hand manipulation skills with some kids, I decided to use little pieces of broken off crayon. I had them hold two crayons at the same time, one in their palm, and one in their...
View ArticlePaper Helicopter
It is always fun for kids to be able to take home a fun item that they created, and the paper helicopters are a nice finished project. They are pretty quick to make, but you can have the kids do more...
View ArticleSticker Squash Game
This is a game that was submitted by a therapist, Marie Logan, OTR/L. It is a simple game that is played on paper, and it is similar to the game Battleship. During the game, you work on eye hand...
View ArticleColoring and Cutting Shapes for a Picture
For this activity, we are incorporating very simple coloring and cutting of easy shapes. Then you can put those shapes together to make a pretty picture to take home. Two simple designs to choose from...
View ArticleUsing Stick Paint in Projects
I love doing projects and activities in Occupational Therapy because the kids can get a chance to fine tune their skills and abilities while they are doing an actual task. Painting is great for...
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