Have some fine motor skills fun with this Holiday Pom Pom Push.
This fun and simple toddler activity was whipped up in about 5 minutes and bought me so much concentrating, quiet toddler time. The return of investment was amazing making this Holiday Pom Pom Push a total winner.
For this toddler activity, we did a Christmas twist on one of our favorite games Pom Pom Push. Pom Pom Push is one seriously easy to prep activity that we’ve been playing around here for months. It was destined for a holiday spin.
Making a holiday pom pom push is so easy!
Materials:
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- pom pom balls
- shoe box
- construction paper
- Utility knife
The directions for making this toddler activity:
I started by gluing a piece of white construction paper to the top of a shoe box. I haphazardly drew on a Christmas tree (who isn’t going to win any design awards). Next, I created the holes for the pom pom balls. To do this, I used a utility knife to cut out the holes very, very, very carefully.
My holes are definitely more square than circle but it is what it is and it’s for a toddler activity: he doesn’t care how bad the holes look. Finally, I traced each hole with marker to make it correspond to the pom poms. It made it look just a like ornaments on a tree. Square, poorly cut out ornaments, but I’m fine with it.
I promise the set up took me 5 minutes on the dot. It sounds like a lot but it was seriously just 5 minutes. And it bought me a whole lot of “Mom time” with a toddler independently playing and having fun.
I set the pom poms next to the box and my toddler knew exactly what to do – push those buggers through the holes. The added challenge of making him push each pom pom through its corresponding color hole was a nice added challenge.
My toddler played this activity over and over, and we’re keeping it around through the holiday season. It’s easy to store and something quick to pull out when we have a second and need a little activity to do.
What skills are target in the holiday pom pom push?
- Fine motor skills
- Sorting skills
- Independent play
My toddler had an absolute blast playing this and learned so much from it!
Will you make a holiday pom pom push for your toddler?
Chelsea @ Life With My Littles says
Fun! I love that this is a cute holiday activity, but still teaches kids about colors!
Nadia - ScandiMummy says
What a great idea… My 10-month-old would eat those pom poms, but saving it for next year 😉 #whatevertheweather
Nadia – ScandiMummy x
Erin @ Stay At Home Yogi says
Love this! What a fun holiday twist on playing with pom poms (which my toddler loves!).
Jessica says
Love this idea! Thanks so much for the great idea!
Vanessa says
Fabulous idea! Thank you for linking up at “A Little Bird Told Me” Wednesday link party! You have been featured on Mama’s Happy Hive blog. 🙂
Jolanthe says
love it! Thanks for sharing!
Tina says
I love this idea! I can imagine little ones staying busy for a long time with this. Thanks for sharing on Toddler Fun Friday 🙂
Sarita says
This was a fabulous idea, my 2 year olds at work were really engaged , so much so I had to make another, I made a snowman Pom Pom drop, Thank you.