Pipecleaner Designs Activity

This Pipecleaner Designs Activity is a quick and easy way to keep your little ones busy and happy!

If you have a cardboard box at home, this activity should be a breeze. With a few additional craft supplies, you’ll have a fun and educational activity ready in no time to keep your kids busy.

This activity is great in many ways! Kids are learning to copy a design by bending the pipecleaner to get it just right. It consumes their focus and concentration, improves cognitive skills, builds independence and much more! Take a look below to see exactly which areas are being developed and how!

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materials needed for Pipecleaner Designs Activity:

Instructions:

Cut the cardboard into squares (about 4 x 4).
With the colored permanent markers, draw different designs on the cardboard squares (spirals, zig-zags, etc.). You can match the color of the design to the pipecleaner for even more fun!
Prepare the cardboard squares with the designs along with pipecleaners for the child to use.

What is my child learning and improving?

Fine motor skills (bending the pipecleaners)
Cognitive skills (thinking, analyzing each design, predicting its patterns, etc.)
Independence
Focus and concentration

watch this video for more fun

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Pipecleaner Designs Activity