Thursday, March 26, 2009

Egg Lacing

The girls had fun developing fine motor skills during this project.

Gather construction paper cut into egg shapes, hole punch, scissors, tape, and yarn.

For young preschoolers, punch holes around the perimeter of the egg about one inch apart. For older preschoolers, draw dots on the egg to show where the holes will go. The child punches holes over the dots. Cut a length of yarn. Tape one end of the yarn to the egg. Wrap a small piece of tape over the other end of the yarn to create a needle.

The child laces the yarn through the holes in any pattern she chooses. When the child is finished, tape the other end of the yarn to the egg.


Great work girls!

8 comments:

  1. That is a fun idea. I love incorporating the holidays into the an everyday learning projects.

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  2. Great project! We'll be trying it at our house! Thanks! Know what else works on the end to create a "needle"...a small length of pipe cleaner folded in half and twisted or a bread bag twist tie.

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  3. FYI: Found you via Ramblings of a Crazy Woman!

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  4. Cute idea. I will have to try this.

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  5. Mama King: I'll have to give the pipe cleaner needle a try. Great idea!

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  6. Cute and easy idea. Thanks for sharing. I will give it a try!

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  7. Hi! I love this project! Maybe I will do this one too, although I also saw (on tv) the same idea with a nest of birds (you sew the nest). Great fun! Your girls can be very proud on their work, and they look very cute,thanks for sharing.
    Wow, I see that I am the first follower of your blog!

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  8. Thanks for the great idea! Welome to the blogging world :)

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