This clothes fastenings board includes buttons, Velcro, snaps and a zip – perfect for practicing fine motor skills!
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I’ve been inspired by one my fellow series members for today”s Fine Motor Fridays post. When I saw School Time Snippet’s beautiful Kadinsky Inspired Button Board I just knew that I wanted to make a fine motor board with all sorts of clothes fastenings.
My husband kindly provided me with a flat piece of wood (he even sanded down the edges to make them nice and smooth!). Then I prepared my fastenings: three large buttons, three Velcro flaps, a zip and two snaps (poppers, press-studs – whatever you like to call them!). I cut out a large piece of blue felt, just larger than the piece of wood.
Then I started to pin the fastenings in place, cutting a hole where the zip would be.
I used a hot glue gun to attach the flaps of felt and the Velcro. I tried using the hot glue to attach the zip and it worked really well. That saved me some time! Then I sewed on the buttons and the snaps.
I glued on a piece of felt in a contrast color behind the zip opening, then glued the entire piece of blue felt to the board. I trimmed the corners and wrapped the edges around to the back of the board. Here’s the finished Clothes Fastenings board:
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I showed it to F and he was immediately drawn to the zip. Then he checked out the snaps… And the Velcro…
He was quite indifferent to the buttons though, perhaps because they were the hardest?!?
We played with this fastenings board a few days later and he was happy to try the buttons again – he mastered undoing them but doing them up was WAY too tricky!
He also maneuvered a toy car around the different sections!
Check out all the other wonderful Fine Motor Fridays posts this week!
Christmas Fine Motor Activities from Stir the Wonder
Clothespin Color Game from School Time Snippets
Present Wrapping for Preschoolers from Little Bins for Little Hands
You know it’s a hit when they add toy cars to the play! This is a great idea – a fun way to practice these necessary skills!
I love it! It’s so simple to make and looks cute too!
Oh this looks awesome! I love the contrasting color behind the zipper…my little guy is fascinated with zippers right now, he would love this…and my 3 year old could really stand to practice her clothes skills!!
What a great board that will grow with F! This is on my to-do list!
where to buy the velcro straps and the zipper?
You could get either at a craft store or haberdashery department. Amazon probably sells the velcro tape and I actually got this zip for 20 cents from a science surplus store.
Thanks for mentioning our button board ; ). Love the colors and all the task involved! Looks like it would even be a good travel toy!
I made a button board for Aarya (smaller), which was a huge flop with Aaraya. I think i should add bigger scraps of felt like you did. Will try again.
Love DIY Montessori stuff! This a great idea thanks for sharing. Featuring you as a pick from Thoughtful Spot Blog Hop.
Thanks, Thaleia!
The clothes fastener board idea is great