Bonus Thread It Week

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June’s Activity
Activity Plans
Plans
forfor The Activity
Toddlers Room
& Preschoolers
R O O M . H A N D S O N A S W E G R O W . C O M
room Bonus Activity Plan: Thread It
Monday | Toilet Paper Roll Threading:

Cut some toilet paper rolls into pieces that are about 1 scissors
1 inch wide. Thread string through all the pieces. When
the string is full, tie the ends of the string together in a
string or yarn
toilet paper tube
circle to make a necklace.
Tuesday | Pipe Cleaner Rings:

Cut pipe cleaners into 2 inch pieces, wrap each one into
2 a circle and twist. Cut another pipe cleaner in half and
stick into a ball of play dough to stand it upright. Slide
pipe cleaners
play dough
pipe cleaner rings onto the upright pipe cleaner.
Wednesday | Poke Pipe Cleaner Sprinkles:
3 Cut pipe cleaners in 1” sections and push them through

the holes of a large spice bottle. Poke them in, shake
large spice bottle
pipe cleaners
them out and repeat!
Thursday | Thread a Straw Necklace: scissors

4 Snip straws into one-inch sections and thread a
necklace using shoestring or yarn.
straws
string or yarn
Friday | Ribbon Weaving:

5 Weave something with ribbon! What can the kids
weave? Baby gate, stair railing, clothes basket, cooling
ribbon or string
something to weave
rack.
Saturday | Bead Snakes:

Fold and twist one of the ends of a pipe cleaner to
6 form the head of the snake. Thread beads onto the
pipe cleaner until almost full. Fold the other end of
beads
pipe cleaners
the pipe cleaners to keep the beads on.
Sunday | Spaghetti Cereal Threading: dry spaghetti

7 Stand dry spaghetti in balls of play dough. Thread
o-shaped cereal onto the dry spaghetti noodles.
o-shaped cereal
play dough
room Bonus Activity: Thread It
Toilet Paper
Roll Threading 1 Cut some toilet paper rolls into pieces
that are about 1 inch wide.
Supplies:
scissors
string or yarn
toilet paper tube 2 Thread string through all the pieces.
When the string is full, tie the ends of

3 the string together in a circle to make a
necklace.
Tips:
Tape one end of the Children can color the Older children can try
string to the table or toilet paper roll pieces and cut the pieces by
floor so the pieces don’t to make their necklace themselves!
come off as they are colorful.
trying to add other
pieces.
Pipe Cleaner Rings 1 Cut pipe cleaners into 2 inch pieces,

wrap each one into a circle and twist.
Supplies:
pipe cleaners
play dough Cut another pipe cleaner in half and
2 stick into a ball of play dough to stand it
upright.
3 Slide pipe cleaner rings onto the upright

pipe cleaner.
Tips:
No play dough? Simply Make this harder with Add in patterns or color
make a ring with the cereal, pasta, or beads sorting with 2 or 3 colors
bottom of the pipe to thread onto the pipe of pipe cleaners. Also
cleaner, bend it and tape cleaner. count how many pipe
it to the surface. cleaners get threaded on!
Pipe cleaners are very
sharp, be sure to twist it,
or bend the end over so
that the end doesn’t cut
or poke your child.
Cut pipe cleaners into one inch sections.

Poke Pipe Cleaner
Sprinkles
1 Set out along with a bottle that has a lid
with holes in it.
Supplies:
large spice bottle
pipe cleaners
2 Poke the pipe cleaners through the
holes.
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3 Take off the lid and shake out the pipe
cleaners. Repeat!
Tips:
Cutting the pipe cleaners If you don’t have a large Save the cut up pipe
is great scissors practice spice bottle with holes, cleaners! They’re a great
for kids learning to cut. If you can make your own addition to play dough.
they’ve never cut before with an oatmeal tub with
though, an adult should a plastic lid. You can slice
cut them. holes in the lid with a
knife or use a hole punch.
Thread a Straw Necklace 1 Set out whole straws and a pair of

scissors.
Supplies:
scissors
straws
string or yarn 2 Snip straws into about one inch sections.

3 Thread pieces of straw onto a shoelace
or yarn to make a necklace.
Tips:
Longer pieces of straws Shorter pieces of straws Tape the end of the string
are harder to thread all are harder for little onto a surface to hold in
the way through. fingers to hold. place (and to keep straws
from coming off).
Find something that has multiple holes

Ribbon Weaving 1 to weave in and out of. This could be a
stair or porch railing, baby gate, or even
a clothes basket.
Supplies:
ribbon or string
something to weave
2 Start the weaving process with a ribbon
to show how to do it.

3 Complete the weaving to the end and
come back!
Tips:
It may help to tie an end Too simple? Make it Too difficult? Don’t
of a ribbon onto the side more advanced by worry about the weaving,
of whatever it is you’re creating patterns with just let your child push
weaving. your weave, two in and the ribbon back and forth
two out. how they please.
Bead Snakes 1 Fold and twist one of the ends of a pipe

cleaner to form the head of the snake.
Supplies:
beads
pipe cleaners
2 Thread beads onto the pipe cleaner until
almost full.
3 Fold the other end of the pipe cleaners

to keep the beads on.
Tips:
Have older children work After you make the For very young children,
on creating a pattern snakes, have fun playing fold over the very end of
with the beads. with them! the pipe cleaner so they
don’t poke themselves.
Spaghetti Cereal Threading 1 Stand dry spaghetti in balls of play

dough.
Supplies:
dry spaghetti
o-shaped cereal
play dough 2 Thread o-shaped cereal onto the dry
spaghetti noodles.

3 How many can you put on each noodle?
Tips:
Add patterning to the Count as you put the This is a great fine motor
mix with either colored cereal on, stop when you control activity for
o-shaped cereal, or a get to 5, or 10. Repeat for young kids. Don’t push it
pattern of the play dough 5-10 noodles and then beyond that.
balls. skip count by 5s or 10s.

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Monday | Toilet Paper Roll Threading:

Tuesday | Pipe Cleaner Rings:

pipe cleaner rings onto the upright pipe cleaner.

Wednesday | Poke Pipe Cleaner Sprinkles:

3 Cut pipe cleaners in 1” sections and push them through

Thursday | Thread a Straw Necklace: scissors

Friday | Ribbon Weaving:

Saturday | Bead Snakes:

the pipe cleaners to keep the beads on.

Sunday | Spaghetti Cereal Threading: dry spaghetti

When the string is full, tie the ends of

Pipe Cleaner Rings 1 Cut pipe cleaners into 2 inch pieces,

3 Slide pipe cleaner rings onto the upright

Cut pipe cleaners into one inch sections.

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Thread a Straw Necklace 1 Set out whole straws and a pair of

CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS

Find something that has multiple holes

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Bead Snakes 1 Fold and twist one of the ends of a pipe

3 Fold the other end of the pipe cleaners

Spaghetti Cereal Threading 1 Stand dry spaghetti in balls of play

CLICK FOR MORE DETAILS

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