Fine Motor Practice with Pom Poms and Pinecones

I’m a sucker for super easy play ideas but on the other hand, these seem to be the ones that the kids love the most. It’s easy, it is not such a mess and in this one we work on fine motor skills as well as size sorting.

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You will need:

Pine cones!
Pom poms
and that’s it!

I emptied the bag of pom-poms into a tub. Now these pom-poms come in a variety of sizes so if my 2-year-old wanted to get those pom-poms into the pinecone, she was going to have to pick the right sizes. Tadaa! Size sorting.

For the younger 1+ toddlers, I would sort some pom-poms that will fit. I think at that age they are not ready to size sort.

Your child then picks the pom-poms up, a lovely pincer exercise, and then fits the pom-poms between the spaces in the pinecones. Fine motor skills at its best! I tell you this activity keeps them busy for a while and is great to pull out if you need 5 odd minutes to get a task done.

I got a little action video too!

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