Silvery Snow: Headband

A little bit of snow to dress up your hair– this activity gets children using tiny items to further develop their fine motor skills.

Materials

• Felt (We used white and a tiny piece of orange)
• Thread or embroidery floss
• Needle
• Fabric scissors
• Small beads
• Fabric glue
• Elastic headband (You can purchase these at dollar or drug stores)
• Cardboard
• Smock

Directions

• Cut three circles out of your white felt- one small, one medium and one large.

• Sew on beads for eyes, buttons etc.  Be creative- make a necklace for your snow person or a hat!

• Add a small orange carrot nose from felt.

• We decided to sew a little border around each of the elements along with around the balls to practise our sewing skills with thread.

• Put your elastic headband over a piece of cardboard to hold it taut.

• Don your smock and put fabric glue along your headband where you would like your snow person to be.  Attach your snowballs in ascending order.  Allow to dry overnight.

• Give your headband to a friend!

Purpose

• Developing fine motor skills.
• Taking a basic idea and extending it.

Safety Notes

• Use a needle and fabric scissors with adult supervision.
• Be sure to wear a smock when using fabric glue so as to protect your clothes.