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Apple Fine Motor Play Busy Bag

September 17, 2015 by Emma Gadsby 3 Comments

As Autumn is upon us we have used the opportunity to create a Fall inspired apple fine motor play busy bag.

Adventures of Adam Apple Fine Motor Play Busy Bag(This post contains affiliate links)

The activity was incredibly easy to set up. I placed an apple shaped ice cube tray into our fantastic leaf shaped plastic tray from Tiger UK. Our leaf tray has already been used as a Jurassic Small World and a Coconut Sensory Bin so you can tell how much we love it! I placed a variety of different sized green and red Pom Poms to represent the apples.

Adventures of Adam Apple fine motor

Into the other leaf tray I added a variety of fine motor play tools – the Gator Grabber and Squeezy Tweezer from our Helping Hands Fine Motor Tool Set, a Jumbo Tweezer and a wooden tong. That was it!

Adventures of Adam Fine motor skill tools

It was Adam’s first go at using our wooden tongs so he spent most of the activity practising using the new tool. It took several attempts for him to hold it correctly but he enjoyed using it once the tongs were in his hands correctly.

Adventures of Adam Using wooden tongs in play

We experimented with different ways that the apple pom poms could be arranged in the apple ice cube tray. Adam sorted the apples by colour and size.

Adventures of Adam Sorting pom pom apples

Our apple fine motor play busy bag didn’t create any mess so I was able to leave it out over several days. Every now and again I would spot Adam at the apple busy bag placing the pom poms into the apple tray. We love independent busy bag activities!

Adventures of Adam HG friendly play activity

As this activity requires no preparation, doesn’t create any mess and promotes independent play it can be classed as an HG friendly play activity. Take a look at our other activities suitable for Hyperemesis Gravidarum sufferers when they are caring for young children:

Equipment: 

* Leaf shaped trays from Tiger UK

* Apple shaped ice cube tray

* Red and green Pom Poms in a variety of sizes

* Fine motor skills tools – we used Jumbo Tweezer, wooden tong and the Helping Hands Fine Motor Tool Set

 

We have teamed up with bloggers from around the world to bring you 17 fall activities for kids:

17 Fall Activities for Kids. So many fun ideas in this roundup!

From left to right:

Halloween Words // The Pleasantest Thing

Fall Leaves In and Out Activity // Still Playing School

Pumpkin Alphabet Puzzles // Modern Preschool

Sunflower Playdough Mats for the Numbers 1-10 // Life Over Cs

Fall Leaves Quiet Book // Teach My Mommy

Pumpkin Count and Clip Cards // Playdough to Plato

Apple Fine Motor Play // Adventures of Adam

Free Fall Themed Mazes // Powerful Mothering

Free Pumpkin Colors Booklet // Stay At Home Educator

Fall Nature I Spy Bottle // Mama. Papa. Bubba.

Fall Alphabet // Preschool Inspirations

Fine Motor Spider // Coffee Cups and Crayons

Fall Interactive Book // Liz’s Early Learning Spot

Free Pumpkin Number Mats // The Kindergarten Connection

Fall Playdough Busy Bag // Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails

Counting with Acorns // Play and Learn Everyday

 

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Filed Under: Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Popular Posts, Super Quick Play Activities Tagged With: Busy Bag Play Activities, Fine Motor Activities, Hyperemesis sufferers activities, Independent Play Activities, Non-messy activity, Sensory Play Activities, Super quick set up, Toddler play

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  1. Karen @ Raising Little Superheroes says

    September 25, 2015 at 9:45 am

    What a fun activity fine motor activity for little ones! I’ll have to try it with my toddler. He will love using the tweezers. #ToddlerFunFriday

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  2. Kim says

    September 28, 2015 at 3:52 pm

    I love this fall activity. I recently tried switching my daughter from using tongs in fine motor play to tweezers. She initially did not like it, but is getting the hang of it. I hope you will come by Made for Kids link party and link this up http://www.theresourcefulmama.com/made-for-kids-3/

    Reply
  3. Tina says

    September 30, 2015 at 4:18 pm

    I love this fine motor activity! So simple, but very effective for toddlers. Thanks for sharing on Toddler Fun Friday!

    Reply

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