Need some activities to keep them busy before Easter dinner? 😉
Here are three Easter Egg art activities to get their fine motor skills working!
First is a tracing activity that works their pencil grip and control as well as color matching!
Each egg has a different combination of colors to match as well as different combinations of patterns that use varying motions and levels of control!
Depending on their age and skill level, they can practice on their own or you can give them a little hand-over-hand guidance to help them feel the changes in motion and control.
No matter how much hand-over-hand we do together, I always let them finish it with their own mark. 😄
Click here to get this Easter Egg Color Tracing page!
Second is a watercolor activity that works their brush grip and control and allows for free expression and creativity!
I had these perfectly shaped doilies left-over from our wedding – this is why I NEVER throw anything away 😁 (which of course drives my hubby crazy 😂) but seriously, you never know when you might be able to use it someday!!!
Give them some watercolors and a paint brush…
and let them make a masterpiece!
When the doilies have dried, glue them to some construction paper and cut them out for a beautiful collection of uniquely decorated Easter eggs (that won’t break or go bad😉)!
Lastly is the trickiest one of all! This really works their fine motor skills and understanding of a simple machine (STEM!)
Cut out some paper eggs (I let him add some extra decoration to them first with markers to give more practice to his writing muscles)…
…and set up a choice of colors – each with its own cotton ball (he’s pointing to his chosen colors 😊)…
…and a clothespin (aka an example of a simple machine called a lever!)
To make it easier, you can have a clothespin for every color already attached, but I wanted to really challenge him!
He had one clothespin to work with, meaning he would have to work the clothespin to pick up one at a time, switching between colors.
It really was a challenge and he kept getting it backwards – squeezing it open when he meant to pick it up and shutting it when he wanted to release it – but that’s all part of the learning!
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