Fine Motor Play: Pipe Cleaners and Straws

A few months ago, I put together this simple fine motor skill activity for J.  I started off by cutting up a few plastic straws and sticking a few pipe cleaners in a Styrofoam block. 

J’s been big into matching things lately, so I made sure that the pipe cleaners matched the colors of the straws.

I didn’t explain the rules, but J knew exactly what to do. 

He started off immediately matching the colors and threading the straws onto the pipe cleaners.

This was a fun and simple activity that is great for concentration, matching, and fine motor skills.

I wish I could say that this was a huge hit, and that J loved it, but I can’t.  He only wanted to match the yellow straws and then was done.  I thought I’d go ahead and share it anyway because it has the potential of being a really fun game.  I’m going to present this again later to see if he will play with it again.

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