*Fill balloons with material (flour, rice, cornstarch or beans) and tie to make a small ball. They will be "squishy" so your child can "squeeze" them.
*Use hole punches, staplers, and compasses to provide resistance for hand strengthening.
*Have your child (with your supervision) carry heavy cases with thick handles (purses, small suitcases, brief cases, etc.)
*Have your child help put away groceries.
*Crumple 1/2 sheet of newspaper in one hand and playing basketball with a waste basket.
*Use empty plastic squeeze bottles (ketchup, syrup, etc) for water fun in the tub or outside.
*Squishy bath toys that spray water in the tub.
*Water gun/ spray bottle activities (spray outdoor plants, spray targets or designs on paper made with water soluable markers, etc.)
*Use bubble packing wrap to pinch and pop the bubbles.
*Pull apart toys to provide resistence. ie: Legos, Snap Blocks, Bristle Blocks, Pop Beads, etc.
*Use ink stamps to make art projects, designs, cards, notes, etc.
*Use pushpins with corkboard to disply artwork or make designs.
*Push ar pull toys, games with large push buttons.
@PlayDoh Activities:
Use rolling pins to flatten playdough
Roll into snakes and pinch with fingers
Hide small objects (coins, beads, etc) in a ball of dough and have your child find them and pull them out.
Make pea sized balls using only index finger and thumb
Use toothpicks or golf tees to make designs or pens for small farm/zoo animals in the flattened dough
Cutting dough with a plastic knife, scissors, or pizza cutter (supervised)
