I love Spring and all the crafts and activities I can use with my students. Each year I pull out this old favorite and think of my mom. She was a daycare and preschool teacher and would make this simple forsythia craft with her kids every spring. It is low prep and requires very few materials. With this simple craft, you can facilitate a fingertip grasp, target fine motor skills, and proprioception.
Materials:
- blue construction paper
- brown crayon (I love to use broken ones to facilitate a finger tip grasp)
- yellow tissue paper
- glue (I used Elmer’s school to work on proprioception, they learn to use the small muscles of the hand to only squeeze out a little.)
Step 1: Draw a “bush” on the blue construction paper with the brown crayon. For younger students you can pre-draw the bush, older students can copy a model.
Step 2: Rip the tissue paper into small pieces then crumple them into small balls.
Step 3: Glue the tissue paper balls onto the “bush”. Continue adding paper until all parts of the branches are covered.
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