Spaghetti Noodles + Cutting and Fine Motor

My 3 year old is ALWAYS wanting to use his scissors to practice cutting. We practice cutting paper from time to time, but we are still working on grasping the scissors correctly and building strength in his little hands.

As our little ones build strength in their hands, they are able to begin using small scissors around 2. However, it does take time and practice to build scissor skills.

So, we came up with a FUN sensory activity to work on cutting plus fine motor strength and skills.

Here is what we did ---->. We boiled some spaghetti noodles and dyed them a fun color to practice these skills in a new and a bit more exciting way :)

1. Boil spaghetti noodles

2. Rinse under COLD water and strain water

3. Add to bag with food coloring of choice

4. Give a good shake

5. Dump back into strainer and rinse off excess food coloring

6. Add noodles to bowl or pan and give additional bowl or cup to drop noodles into

7. Give your little one a scissors or tweezers to practice fine motor skills!

Whenever your little ones are using scissors and even tweezers make sure to monitor closely! We don't have any, but they do make safer options for tweezers for your little ones that I linked below!

Check out our video on TikTok :)

https://www.tiktok.com/@jillianvavraboymom/video/7232025432525196587?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7204537859473229354

Some useful tools:

Kids scissors

https://amzn.to/3M38KCu

Tweezers

Food Coloring