SKILLS: fine motor, bilateral skills, fastenings, pinch strength, crossing midline, etc.
SUPPLIES:
Wooden snowman cut out. (We found ours on ETSY)
Felt
Buttons
Sticky Back Foam sheet
Sticky Back Velcro squares
Needle and Thread
ACTIVITY:
Use wooden cut out to trace hat shape on foam sheet
Use wooden cut out to trace mitten shape on felt
Cut felt shape the width of his neck to the bottom and trace bottom edge making his vest
Trace heart pattern onto felt to fit two hearts on the vest
Paint the snowman white and allow to dry
Cut out shapes
Sew buttons onto the felt vest
Place sticky Velcro hook onto back four corners of the vest and match up the loop onto the wooden snowman’s middle
Place Velcro hook onto the mitten area of the wooden snowman
Place the matching loop onto the back of each mitten
Cut a slit into each heart just big enough to fit over the buttons
Stick the foam piece to the hat of the wooden snowman
READY TO BUTTON AND UNBUTTON, PUT ON AND OFF VEST AND MITTENS TAKE ALONG AND KEEP BUSY IN THE CAR, AT THE TABLE, ETC