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spiral christmas tree cutting

Therapy Fun Zone — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:31:02 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I have some kids that really benefit from cutting spirals because it makes them slow down with their cutting and really pay attention to their cutting. I made these great spirals with greenery so that it will look like a christmas tree when it is cut out. It has a...

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A cute button penguin

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 19:51:57 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.As the weather is cold, what better animal to work on buttoning than a penguin. I made this cute little felt penguin to have the kids practice their buttoning skills. The kids are always much more willing to practice fastening buttons when there is more interest to it that a...

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Writing Lines Cookie Decorating

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:43:21 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Getting back to basics today with coloring, cutting, gluing and writing. Decorating cookies is a fun activity but I can’t carry cookies around with me, so I made some cookies to decorate on paper. I made some cookies that you can color and practice writing lines on. Then you cut...

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Seasons Button Tree

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 12:46:17 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I have added another button activity to my arsenal of fun things to button. This one is a seasonal tree, so you can button on the different seasons. It includes white snow for winter, green for spring, orange and red for fall, and fruit of red or orange for summer....

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Button Felt Christmas Tree

Therapy Fun Zone — Sun, 11 Dec 2016 22:28:38 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Felt button activities are fun to use when working on buttoning skills, and a Christmas tree lends itself really well to buttoning. I made a button Christmas tree, and you can button the circle ornaments onto the tree. To make your own, you just need some green felt for the...

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Felt Christmas Tree

Therapy Fun Zone — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 12:55:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Here is a fun little Christmas activity of decorating a Christmas tree with felt ornaments. I got a styrofoam cone from the craft store and wrapped green felt around it. I then cut out some ornament shapes from different colored felt. You could glue the green felt onto the cone,...

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Make a Button Snow Man

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:41:12 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Kids like buttoning different things like a pizza, sandwich, and ice cream. I am constantly working on new buttoning activities, and have just finished making a snow man. It is adorable, and perfect for buttoning since there are lots of parts that need buttoning on. You have to button on...

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Ribbon Christmas Tree

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:45:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.This ribbon Christmas tree activity is the most awesome therapy activity ever. It incorporates practicing tying into a nice craft that looks beautiful when it is done. The kids all loved it, and they were all very proud of what they had accomplished. Most of the kids started the activity...

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Holiday Sentence Memory Writing

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 09:00:07 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.While working with my students this year, I have been trying to work on not only the fine motor aspects of writing, but also the memory aspect of writing. When you can’t remember the words that you are writing, then how can you write the sentence that is made up...

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Snow Man Dressing

Therapy Fun Zone — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 19:50:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I saw a cute little snow man mentioned on a teacher’s site, and I thought it would be perfect to use in therapy. The original source of the picture was from here, but I have made my own to cut out, color, and dress your snowman. There is a plain...

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Snow Man and Hot Cocoa Fine Motor Activities

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I live in sunny Southern California, so we have to pretend that we have snow. We can still enjoy some hot cocoa even though the temperatures are in the 70s. (I even wear a sweatshirt in the mornings). The rest of the country has lots of snow, so making snow...

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Finish the Holiday Pictures – December Edition

Therapy Fun Zone — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:09:13 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.There is a new item in the store from Your Therapy Source. It is called Finish the Holiday Pictures – December Edition, and it is an activity to work on visual perceptual skills and copying pictures, with a December theme. It includes 20 pictures of patterns to copy with a...

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Making heart butterflies

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.For a fun craft this year, I had the kids color hearts, cut them out, and make butterflies out of them. I think that they made adorable little love bugs. Maybe next I will create different bugs to be cut out, but for now it is butterflies. I had the...

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Cute Christmas Tree Crafts

Therapy Fun Zone — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I have had a sad lack of holiday crafts here, so here is a quick post to show some pictures of some cute Christmas tree crafts that I saw in a classroom today. The first one is made out of painted paper plates and then decorated. The next one is...

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Marshmallow Men

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.We made some men out of marshmallows and toothpicks, and they were delicious. We used multiple sizes of marshmallows for the different parts, and connected the parts with toothpicks. Some of these men were looking very funny, but they all tasted good in the end. This is a fun food...

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Pine Cone Bird Feeder and Spreading with a Knife

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 11:04:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Spreading can be a challenge for many kids, so here is a fun activity that helps practice. You use a pine cone and attach a wire or string to the top of it so that you can hang it once it is finished. You then spread peanut butter all over...

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Snowflake Cutting

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Cutting out snowflakes is a winter tradition. Some clients will be able to cut them out with just a demonstration of how to fold and cut the shapes, but for younger clients, you can draw the shapes onto the paper and have them cut out the shapes. These work best...

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Scissor Cutting: Snow Man Template

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 13:00:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Here is a snow man template to color and cut. The client has to draw the face and add any extra accessories. Here is a picture of the template. Here is a PDF file for the snow man template.

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