I saw this wonderful idea to introduce kids to the concept of sewing, from Happy Little Munchkins, and just had to give it a try. All you need is a large sheet of plastic needlepoint canvas and pipe cleaners.
I modeled for Honor the way to weave the pipe cleaner in and out of the holes …
But, then just let her take a go at it …
Perhaps we’ve been doing a bit too many color sorting activities … because she only wanted to use the PINK pipe cleaners on the PINK canvas and the PURPLE pipe cleaners on the PURPLE canvas!
Pipe cleaner “sewing” really is a great activity to keep handy to keep little hands busy for a bit. It’s wonderful for fine-motor skill building and I’m sure as her skills develop the activity will develop along with her!
What fun! We’ve used the canvas before with a dull knitting needle and yarn. I hadn’t thought of the pipe cleaners that is a great idea.
Oh and you can also use shoe laces.
Sewing seems to be such a satisfying activity for young kids, your daughter looks very happy.
Looks like fun! My daughter loved this one too!