This fine motor activity is a perfect addition to your ocean theme preschool lessons. Make a colorful jellyfish that can be played with several times over! Using a few household materials, your little one will enjoy this colorful paper plate jellyfish!
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Colorful Jellyfish
I keep a little Fine Motor "Toolbox" in our school room closet; that's where you'll find my stash of fine motor manipulatives like scissors, clothespins, tape, droppers, tweezers, tongs, etc.And I have to say, my favorite fine motor tool has to be- hands down- clothespins! Velcro is a very very close second.
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Using clothespins for this colorful jellyfish sneaks in fine motor skill development!
How to Make This Colorful Jellyfish
It is easy to put together. I apologize in advance for my lack of step by step instructions, but stick with me and hopefully it'll make sense!
Supplies Needed:
Supplies Needed:
- paper plate,
- markers
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- clothespins
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- spool of gift ribbon
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I cut the paper plate in half and used markers to color different sections.
To prep the clothespins, I cut the ribbon and taped it on the end that would pinch the paper plate. You could also glue your ribbon on, too if that is easier.
Next I simply presented this color matching activity to my 3 year old who "Ooo-ed and Ahhh-ed" at the pretty sparkly colors!
Encourage color matching or simply let your child create their own miss-matched jellyfish!
There are so many ways you could adapt this activity for your child- Enjoy! This post was part of an on-going series, Fine Motor Fridays.
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