Pipe Cleaner Creations – Fun Fine Motor Activities

If you have pipe cleaners and straws around the house, here are FUN pipe cleaner creations you can create. Not only will it be creative and entertaining for the kids, they will be practicing their fine motor skills.

Pipe Cleaner Creations – Make the Alphabet

You will need pipe cleaners, straws and scissors. Cut the plastic straws into different sizes to make the letters. Lace the pipe cleaners into the straws to create the letters by bending the pipe cleaners at the edges and curves.

Modern Colander Art

These pipe cleaner creations are so easy to set up for independent play for children. Turn your colander or strainer upside down and provide colorful pipe cleaners and straw pieces to the children. They can stick pipe cleaners into the colander and lace the cut up straws onto the pipe cleaners.

Pipe Cleaners Creations – Shapes

 Insert small pipe cleaner pieces into the straws and connect them to make different shapes.  Have fun creating abstract 3D shapes.

More Creative Activities

If you are looking for more creative activities like these pipe cleaner creations to encourage fine motor activities, check out these resources:

Hair Cutting Sticks – This digital download includes simple cutting projects so children can have fun while practicing scissor skills!  This download includes 35 “hair cutting” sticks to create (4-6 hair cutting image per page).  Just print out the black and white pages, color and style the hair using scissors.  Toss on a craft stick and create a puppet show too!

Fingerprint Fun – This is a no prep, digital download of 25 fingerprint activities with step by step directions.  Each page includes step by step directions, a picture prompt and space to complete the fingerprint artwork picture with your own adorable, fingerprint friends.  Practice visual motor skills, following directions and fine motor skills.  You can use an ink pad, washable paints, dot markers, watercolors, etc to create the fingerprints.  Want a mess free activity?  Just draw the circles instead of making fingerprints.

Fine Motor Skill Builders – Busy OTs, teachers, and parents will love these Fantastic Fingers® Fine Motor Skill Builders to develop hand function in children.  Three levels of fine motor activities are ready to go!