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Set up this simple target practice for preschoolers using pom poms! It’s easy and fun for preschoolers and even toddlers to aim fo!
George asked for an activity to do with pom poms. He absolutely loves to blow the pom poms. Its just fun!
I set up a little target on the floor using painters tape for him to aim for.
Or try a target practice for kids outside – hope you don’t mind them getting a little dirty!
I got these enormous pom poms in a package I received from CraftProjectIdeas.com (the package has various sizes of pom poms, I grabbed the huge ones for this activity).
I taped two squares on the floor. I first taped a larger one, thinking it would just be fun to gather all the pom poms in there. But then decided to add a second inner square for added difficulty.
Tip: For older kids, you could number the squares (add a few squares) and have them keep points.
Of course, George is a preschooler, so this was still kept pretty simple.
Louis joined in too, so invite your toddler along to play!
I gave each of the kids a straw and some of the huge, enormous pom poms.
And let them just blow, blow, blow to their heart’s desire.
George blew the pom poms as best he could into the square. With some pretty decent accuracy!
Of course, with a toddler, we also made it a game to get all the pom poms into the square before Louis took them out! Ha! Now, that was a challenge for George.
It’s just a simple target practice for preschoolers, and even toddlers, to do at home, when they’re bored and looking for something to. It’s quick to set up too!
We also changed it up after a bit and added a bowl to the squares for George to throw the pom poms into!
I exercised one of my favorite tips for doing activities when you have a toddler in tow:
A toddler often likes to wreck, or ruin, the activity by grabbing items, sticking his feet in, or whatever. I always treat this as part of the challenge for the other kids. To do ‘X’ before the ‘monster’ attacks, or the tornado comes through, or the hurricane its! Making it a natural disaster gives the kids the idea that its just not something they can control and they’ll have to make do.
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adria janni says
Hi Jaime: I saw your posts on pom-pom use and games. Loved the ideas. With my 3-5 year olds, we connected several tubes of different lengths curving them about and used different items to put inside (mostly circular – varying weights, such as pom-poms, cotton balls, large beads, and marbles). One child asked, Adria are we learning? Wow – good question. When I explained all the various possibilities of learning, he said, “you’re right, we are learning and it’s fun. I let them play with the materials for a while and then went over to my 16 mo. old little girl that also wanted to try it out. I set up a long tube for her straight up and down. I gave her a small basket filled with non-chokeable items. She loved putting the corks, pegs and pom-poms at the top and come out the bottom, again and again. The giggles were endless.
Thank you for sparking the initial idea.
Regards, Adria
Jamie Reimer says
Yay! I love to hear those ideas sparking from a simple one like this! Fantastic! Thanks so much for sharing.
KAJAL SINGH says
my son love your activity