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W is for Water Spray Bottles

August 5, 2014 by Emma Edwards 11 Comments

We are thrilled to be participating in the Everyday Fine Motor Materials From A to Z series, hosted by Still Playing School. Activities that develop fine motor skills work on strengthening the small muscles of the hands. Each blogger has taken an object that is found in almost every home and shared a fine motor activity. We had the letter W. W is for water sprayer bottles!

Adventures of Adam Everyday fine motor materials from A to Z

As it is the summer holidays my 7 year old nephew Stevie was at Nana’s house as well as my 2 year old niece Beth. I bought two water spray bottles from PoundLand for the toddlers and reused a cleaner spray bottle for Stevie. In each bottle I poured in paint so that it covered the bottom and filled up the bottle with water. When I explained the activity to Stevie he requested we had stencils to squirt the paint onto to make the pictures more interesting. Unfortunately I didn’t have any stencils at Nana’s house and have zero artistic ability but I managed to cut out templates for a windmill (which looks more like a lighthouse), a boat and a turtle (Stevie had requested a Ninja Turtle but this was the best I could do).

Adventures of Adam setting up water spray bottle

With the paper pegged onto the fence we let the three children loose with the water spray bottles. Stevie took to it straight away. He had good control over the spray bottle and experimented with spraying from a distance or at short range.

Adventures of Adam water spray bottle

The larger bottles were quite a handful for the toddlers. However, with a little practise they soon got the hang of it. The squeeze factor needed to get the water spray bottles to work strengthens the muscles in the palm of of our hands. These control the movements of our thumb and fingers. When a child has developed strong fine motor skills they are able to control the thumb and fingers individually. At the moment the toddlers are grasping items with their entire fist.

Adventures of Adam water spray bottle art

Adam developed a technique of holding the water bottle under his arm and using his body to assist in squeezing the water out. This meant the paint didn’t reach the paper but he had great fun. We resorted to putting the paper underneath Adam to catch his paint. Certainly glad we did this activity outside.

Adventures of Adam toddler fine motor activity

If we were to do the activity again I would definately search for smaller bottles. As they were so big the toddlers found them heavy to hold. The paints were also watered down too much meaning that most of the paint dripped off the paper. It certainly was a great fine motor skill activity though and perfect for a hot summers day.

Adventures of Adam water spray bottle art

Remember to check out all the other letters in the series and our other fine motor skills activities.

Equipment:

Water sprayer bottles

Paint

Water

Paper

Black card for stensils (optional)

Pegs to attach the paper to the fence (optional)

Adventures of Adam fine motor skills for toddlers

Adam was 2 years and 2 months old.

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Filed Under: Play Activities, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: Colours, Cupboard Resources, Garden fence play, Messy activity, Outdoor Play Activities, Painting Activities, Water play

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Comments

  1. Paul Wandason says

    August 5, 2014 at 10:15 am

    I love this! My daughters usually spray each other (and us!) with water from the sprayers, but having targets and paint is a great idea…though strictly no spraying me with paint!

    Reply
  2. Caroline (Becoming a SAHM) says

    August 5, 2014 at 10:48 am

    This looks great! We need to get some spray bottles.from somewhere I think as looks like a fab fine motor skills activity! Xx #letkidsbekids

    Reply
  3. Tasneem Rajkotwala says

    August 6, 2014 at 1:42 pm

    Looks fab! So sure my little one is going to enjoy doing this activity. #LetKidsBeKids.

    Reply
  4. Let kids be kids says

    August 6, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    Lovely fun idea. I like the use of spraying paint onto a template, my kids would love that.
    Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids

    Reply
  5. Loving life with little ones says

    August 6, 2014 at 10:13 pm

    Great idea, we love using a giant piece of paper and spraying it in the garden or using toothbrushes to flick paint is fun too. #letkidsbekids

    Reply
  6. Nishana P says

    August 12, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    This is a great idea. I will try this some day with my girl. I am sure she will fall in love with it. Thanks for sharing!

    #letkidsbekids

    Reply
  7. Nicola says

    August 12, 2014 at 1:20 pm

    Lovely idea and perfect to do outdoors in the summer holidays! #letkidsbekids

    Reply
  8. Caroline (Becoming a SAHM) says

    August 13, 2014 at 3:24 pm

    popping back from #letkidsbekids, thanks for linking up! xx

    Reply
  9. Coombe Mill says

    August 15, 2014 at 9:37 pm

    Perfect outdoor fun for kids

    Reply
  10. Gude @HodgePodgeCraft says

    August 16, 2014 at 10:51 pm

    So cool! Great activity for a hot Summer day. My boys would love this.
    Thanks for sharing at the Mumsnet linky 🙂

    Reply
  11. Mudpie Mama says

    August 28, 2014 at 12:19 pm

    Little Man would love this! Thanks so much for sharing at the Outdoor Play Party 🙂

    Reply

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