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Home » Holiday Science » Christmas Science » Find The Jingle Bells

Find The Jingle Bells

Modified: Nov 28, 2022 · Published: Nov 22, 2016 by Emma Vanstone · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

This easy fine motor sensory activity is super simple to set up and has a lovely Christmassy feel.

ELF STEM Lost Jingle Bells
Christmas fine motor skill idea. Help the elves find their lost jingle bells! Image shows small coloured bells in a tray of shaving cream with glitter sprinkled on the top

Christmas themed fine motor skill activity

You’ll need

Shaving foam

Little bells

Tweezers – these chunky tweezers from Learning Resources are our favourites

Tray

Instructions

Fill the tray with shaving foam.

Add the jingle bells.

Use the tweezers to remove the jingle bells!

Extension Tasks

Use the tweezers to remove the bells without touching them.

Sort the bells by size or colour.

Count the number of bells or lay them out in an array.

Draw a graph showing how many of each colour bell there are.

More fine motor skills ideas

Check out my other science themed fine motor skill activity ideas.

School Time Snippets has a brilliant candy cane paperclip idea.

These gingerbread lacing cards from the Nurture Store are lovely too.

Why should children practice fine motor skills?

Did you know there are over 30 muscles in the hand and forearm? These muscles control elbow, wrist and finger movements, while the much smaller muscles in the palm of the hand control smaller movements of the thumb and fingers.

If hand and forearm muscles develop slowly or aren’t strong enough, children can find it very difficult to grip and manipulate small objects, making learning to write a more challenging task.

Easy Christmas themed fine motor activity for littles ones. Use tweezers to rescue jingle bells from sensory foam snow #Christmas #SensoryActivities #ElfActivities #Elfontheshelf

Last Updated on November 28, 2022 by Emma Vanstone

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Science Sparks ( Wild Sparks Enterprises Ltd ) are not liable for the actions of activity of any person who uses the information in this resource or in any of the suggested further resources. Science Sparks assume no liability with regard to injuries or damage to property that may occur as a result of using the information and carrying out the practical activities contained in this resource or in any of the suggested further resources.

These activities are designed to be carried out by children working with a parent, guardian or other appropriate adult. The adult involved is fully responsible for ensuring that the activities are carried out safely.

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  1. Tricia Taylor

    December 06, 2017 at 2:40 pm

    What a great idea for little hands 😉 thanks so much for the giveaway it will see help out this year especially!! Merry Christmas

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