Fall is my favorite time of year!
The cooler weather, the beautiful leaves, the smell in the air…so
many things to be grateful for! As a mom
and an OT, I love to find books, crafts, and other fun activities to go with
every season and holiday. Below are some
of my favorite crafts for Thanksgiving.
Mod Mayflower
For all you coffee loving parents out there, upcycle your next
cup and grab and extra stir stick for this craft: www.parenting.com
Paper Bag Fall Tree
I love this fall tree from a fine motor
standpoint! I also love that you can
adapt it and have children make larger leaves and write down names of people or
things that they are grateful for and then staple them on.pikadillycharm.blogspot.com
Hand Turkey
This is an oldie, but a goodie.
Great for crossing midline and bilateral coordination skills. Have your child trace his or her foot and hand. Your child can trace the same hand multiple
times or increase the challenge by tracing his/her dominant hand using his/her
non-dominant hand. To work on
strengthening, simply trace only one hand and stack several papers together so
your child is cutting out multiple “feathers”
at one time. You could also do a
similar activity by having your child paint (or you could paint) his/her foot
and hands and press them onto paper.
