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Sheep Shearing

May 4, 2017 by Emma Edwards 21 Comments

Sheep Shearing is an activity I had planned for Adam’s farmyard birthday party. However, with Cow Skittles, Cow Milking, Cow Piñata and Animal Balloon Herding I had planned too many activities.

Sheep Shearing

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I first had the idea when we did the Sheep Window Art as part of our 100 day play challenge. Adam had more fun removing the cotton wool from the contact paper rather than putting it onto the sheep picture. I wanted to make Adam a 3D sheep where he could remove the cotton wool.

Resources needed for Sheep Shearing

* Ikea White Stool

* Black card and White sticky Labels to make the sheep head and tail

* Contact Paper/ Sticky Back Plastic

* Sellotape

* Cotton Wool Balls

* Toy Wheelbarrow (optional)

How to set up Sheep Shearing

Our trusty Ikea White Stool, which we used when Milking The Cows, provided a fantastic 3D body.  I re-used a sheep head from the Animal Balloon Herding activity.

How to make a sheep

On one side of the stool I attached Contact Paper/ Sticky Back Plastic so that the sticky side was facing out. This was harder than I expected.

Toddler sheep play activity

I remembered from making our Sticky Christmas Tree that I have a love/hate relationship with contact paper! I pushed rows of Cotton Wool Balls onto the contact paper to complete the woolly coat.

Cotton wool play activity

How to play Sheep Shearing

At Adam’s Birthday Party the idea of the game would have been to see who could remove the cotton wool the quickest – who could shear the sheep the quickest. As it was just Adam playing it turned into a fine motor skills activity. I placed a toy wheelbarrow next to the sheep for Adam to collect the cotton wool in.

Fine motor farm yard play activity

I was surprised that Adam methodically took off the cotton wool balls in rows. He started at the top, worked his way across the row and then would move onto the next row.

Toddler fine motor sheep shearing

Each piece of cotton wool he picked off of the sheep went straight into the wheelbarrow.

Outdoor fine motor play activity

Throughout the activity he kept pointing to the stool and saying “sheep”.

Cotton wool sheep activity

When all of the cotton wool had been removed from the sheep, Adam took his full wheelbarrow to his Mud Kitchen.  He spent ages transferring the cotton wool from the wheelbarrow, to the table, onto the ground and then back into the wheelbarrow.

Cotton wool play in the mud kitchen

The cotton wool can be reattached to the contact paper meaning the Sheep Shearing activity can be played with again and again.

We also took our Sheep Shearing activity to Nana’s house so Adam and his cousin could play the activity together. Watch Sheep Shearing in action along with step by step instructions on how to make your own 3D sheep:


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Filed Under: Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Some time required Tagged With: Animal themed play, Contact Paper, Cupboard Resources, DIY activities, Fine Motor Activities, Independent Play Activities, Outdoor Play Activities, Role-play

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Comments

  1. Clarissa Hooper says

    May 21, 2014 at 6:08 am

    All of those party games sound fabulous- this is great! I would pair it with a farm book. Hmmm… Now to find a good book with sheeps so I can plan this activity soon!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      May 21, 2014 at 6:50 am

      Adam loves ‘Russell the Sheep’ by Rob Scotton. Certainly a great series to use with this activity.

      Reply
  2. Emma @ P is for Preschooler says

    May 21, 2014 at 8:55 am

    What a great idea for “sheep shearing”! (And I feel the same way about contact paper – love it’s opportunities, but so annoying! lol!)

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      May 21, 2014 at 9:05 am

      I would love to have magical powers to keep contact paper flat when I take off the backing paper. I just have to look at it and it sticks to itself!

      Reply
  3. Christine says

    May 24, 2014 at 7:52 am

    That’s a great idea, love the thought of the sheep shearing game! #countrykids

    Reply
  4. Jaime Oliver says

    May 24, 2014 at 11:12 am

    awww that looks like such fantastic fun!!

    Reply
  5. spicers1976 says

    May 24, 2014 at 1:35 pm

    what a great idea for a game

    Reply
  6. Coombe Mill (Fiona) (@coombemill) says

    May 24, 2014 at 3:46 pm

    A quick and easy idea for lots of lovely fun! It certainly held Adams attention and created other play options too. Thanks for linking up and sharing with Country Kids.

    Reply
  7. Merlinda Little (@pixiedusk) says

    May 24, 2014 at 3:52 pm

    A nice idea. We were suppose to get that chair but its a bit pricey for us. When we got back and son needs to use the really high chair and almost fell we realized that it might be a good buy after wall. We will go back to get it. And now this. A nice play. I love how Adam is really keen on doing this play =) #CountryKids

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  8. Caroline (Becoming a SAHM) says

    May 25, 2014 at 8:52 am

    I love this, what a great idea! Very creative and lots of fun 🙂 xx #countrykids

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  9. Rachel Melton says

    May 26, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    What a brilliant idea, looks like great fun #CountryKids

    Reply
  10. The Mummy Diary says

    May 26, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    This is absolutely genius, I love the idea and it looks like it went down well #countrykids

    Reply
  11. Alicia Owen says

    May 29, 2014 at 3:50 pm

    Omg, this looks like so much fun! My 19 month old loves fine motor activities and enjoys taking things OFF contact paper more than putting them on, so I’m sure this would be a hit! Plus we’re planning on doing a barnyard party too. 🙂

    Reply
  12. Katie @ Gift of Curiosity says

    May 29, 2014 at 9:15 pm

    Oh my gosh, that is the cutest thing! I love this!! Pinning now to my farm unit page. What a great idea for little ones!

    Reply
  13. Kristina @ School Time Snippets says

    June 5, 2014 at 2:40 pm

    What an adorable activity!!

    Reply
  14. Valerie says

    June 6, 2014 at 1:31 pm

    This is just too cute for words! 🙂 A must try for sure. Thanks for sharing and for coming up with this idea! 🙂

    Reply
  15. Shanice says

    June 7, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    Cute idea! I would love it if you joined and contribute your awesome posts at my link party at City of Creative Dreams, starts on Fridays 😀 Hope to see you there at City of Creative Dreams Link Party.

    Reply
  16. Elizabeth says

    September 17, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    Fantastic – what a clever party idea! #AlphabetPhoto

    Reply
  17. Debra says

    September 18, 2014 at 2:06 pm

    Oh wow, what an awesome idea! Brilliant!

    Reply
  18. over40andamumtoone says

    September 20, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    That’s such a great game, lovely idea #alphabetphoto

    Reply
  19. Fiftarina says

    October 30, 2014 at 3:43 pm

    Aww so cute!!! I can:t wait to try this with my kids!

    Reply

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