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Ways to play with Velcro cable ties

November 24, 2015 by Emma Gadsby 2 Comments

When I spotted coloured Velcro cable ties in a discount store I knew they would be great for an independent play activity. As part of our 30 Day Simple Play At Home challenge, Tuesday is Garage Play day. We had the perfect excuse to find different ways to play with Velcro cable ties.

Velcro cable tie play activities

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Adam spent ages investigating the velcro strips and discovering that he could stick them together and pull them apart. I was suprised that Adam didn’t mind the noise – this was the boy that used to be scared of masking tape!

We then used the Velcro cable ties for colour recognition and sorting. Adam had great fun telling me the name of each colour and sorting the Velcro into eight groups. Adam counted the strips in each colour group to see if there were the same number in each group.

Colour sorting with velcro

I demonstrated to Adam how he could use the Velcro strips to create different shapes. We worked together to form a square, triangle and rectangle.

Making shapes with velcro

With it being Christmas soon, we couldn’t resist using the Velcro strips to create a Velcro chain. Adam chose the colours and we attempted a repeating pattern. It was a great activity for developing fine motor skills. It was quite a tricky job to thread the strips through each other and secure them in place.

Toddler made Velcro chains

Adam then suddenly turned his attention to only the green Velcro strips. He desperately tried to  link them independently. I added a red Velcro strip to the end to see if Adam could recognise who it was. “The Hungry Caterpillar” was Adam’s response.

Hungry Caterpillar made from velcro

Adam discovered several ways to play with Velcro strips. Can you think of any more? Write your ideas in the comments below.

Equipment: 

* Coloured velcro cable ties – these ones from Amazon are similar.

Ways to play with Velcro cable ties

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Filed Under: Independent Play Activity, Play Activities, Super Quick Play Activities Tagged With: Busy Bag Play Activities, Cupboard Resources, 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. Tina says

    December 1, 2015 at 9:49 pm

    I never thought Velcro would make great educational toys! Brilliant idea!

    Reply
    • Emma Edwards says

      December 2, 2015 at 2:05 pm

      The joys of velcro 🙂

      Reply

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During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

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