Pool Noodles & Rubber Bands Fine Motor Activity

We still have lots of pool noodles (or poodle noodles as my kids call them - ha!) kicking around from our trampoline hack so we put them to good use for this simple fine motor activity. It would also make a great busy bag idea to use in the car or while waiting for appointments. So go grab some pool noodles!

For this fine motor busy bag, we used:

• Pool noodles, cut up into chunks

• Rubber bands

It was inspired by this can and rubber band boredom buster from Hands On As We Grow. Simply offer a variety of cut up pool noodles and some rubber bands. Then let the kids stretch the rubber bands onto the pool noodles. The small blocks were more challenging for the kids since the pool noodles were more likely to fall over while adding rubber bands, but they did manage.

The longer pool noodles, however, were perfect for my three year old. He quickly figured out a strategy to keep the pool noodle steady. He simply held one end between his legs and feet while he added the rubber bands.

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Pool Noodle Trampoline Safety Hack

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Here are some other great fine motor ideas from the weekly Fine Motor Fridays series:

Paperclip Counting 1-20 with Free Printable from Powerful Mothering

Back to School Pencil Frame Craft from Stir the Wonder

Fine Motor School Bus Activity from Craftulate

Fine Motor Bead Art from P is for Preschooler

School Bus Themed Find & Clip the Letter from School Time Snippets

Back to School Sensory Maze from Lalymom

Crayon and Play Dough Color Sort from House of Burke

Fine Motor Math with Bread Ties from Still Playing School