Apple-Themed Fine Motor Activities
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Adding a fun theme to your fine motor activities is a great way to keep kids interested in working on their fine motor skills. Today I am sharing some fun apple themed fine motor activities that your kids will love!
Apple-Themed Fine Motor Activities for Kids
Crafts are a great way to include fine motor practice in your child's day. In this list of activity suggestions, you'll find a good mix of crafts, art projects, as well as some sensory-related activities too.
Apple-Themed Pre-Writing & Handwriting Activities
Let's start with some great ways to practice writing and pre-writing with apples.
Apple Pie Sand Tray – Homeschooling My Kinetic Kids
What an amazing smell this would be while practicing spelling words, the alphabet, or pre-writing lines!
Apple Sensory Table with Tongs – Teaching Two & Three-Year-Olds
Adding tongs to any sensory bin is a great way to add in some fine motor activity.
Apple Spice Play Dough Pre-Writing Path – The Preschool Toolbox
I am a sucker for any pre-writing activity, so I love this pre-writing line path with apple spice play dough.
Play dough mats are a great way to work on handwriting and pre-writing, here are two options for you.
Apple Counting Play Dough Mats – Fun with Mama
Apple Counting Play Dough Mats – The Art Kit
These fall poke activity pages are also a great way to practice pincer grasp (needed for pencil grasp).
Fall Picture Pokes – Your Therapy Source
Apple-Themed Fine Motor Crafts
Crafts are a great way to get fine motor practice into your day. Plus, they are always great keepsakes and fun!
Yarn Apple Craft Garland – Red Ted Art
Mixed Media Apple Craft – The Art Kit
Paper Plate Yarn Weaving Apple – Non-Toy Gifts
Tissue Paper Apple Craft – Jinxy Kids
Apple Stamping – Teaching 2 & 3-Year-Olds
Torn Scrapbook Paper Apple Tree Craft – 3 Dinosaurs
Apple Cookie Cutter Painting – 3 Dinosaurs
Construction Paper Apple Craft – Twichetts
Apple-Themed Fine Motor Activities
And finally, here are some great fine motor activities that work on pincer grasp and many other skills.
Apple-Themed Fine Motor Color Matching Sensory Bin – The Resourceful Mama
Apple-Themed Quiet Book Activity – Teach Me Mommy
Apple Rhyming Craft & Activity – The Preschool Toolkit
Fine Motor Apple Trees – Teach Me Mommy
ABC Apple Matching Printable (peeling stickers) – Artsy Momma
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Heather Greutman, COTA
Heather Greutman is a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with experience in school-based OT services for preschool through high school. She uses her background to share child development tips, tools, and strategies for parents, educators, and therapists. She is the author of many ebooks including The Basics of Fine Motor Skills, and Basics of Pre-Writing Skills, and co-author of Sensory Processing Explained: A Handbook for Parents and Educators.