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Cute Button Bugs

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 16:54:29 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I love bugs as manipulatives and had to make some cute little bugs to work on buttoning. There are three little bugs that you have to button their heads and wings onto the bodies. I really like dragonflies and bees, so had to make those ones. I made a dragonfly,...

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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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connecting the bottom of a zipper

Therapy Fun Zone — Sun, 23 Jul 2023 20:01:08 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.When kids are learning to fasten zippers, they first learn to move the zipper back and forth on items such as a purse or little zippered bag, or the little pig bank that I made. This is an activity that uses two hands and good hand positioning, and is linear...

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Summer button sunflower

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 10 Jul 2023 15:57:23 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I have been on a button activity kick for the past couple of months, and I just made a cute sunflower and a little blue forget-me-not flower. The sunflower has 10 buttons on the back to button on the flower petals, so it can be more of a challenge, but...

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Button challenge levels and an octopus buttoning activity

Therapy Fun Zone — Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:26:16 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I love octopuses and think that they are really fascinating animals. Because of all of their many legs, they lend themselves well to being a buttoning activity. I love buttoning as a skill builder because it works on so many skills all rolled into one activity, and some of the...

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buttoning practice with rainbow ice cream cone

Therapy Fun Zone — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 03:12:48 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links. I am in a bit of a button activity obsession right now, so sorry if that is all that I talk about. I have been using a button ice cream cone with kids to work on buttoning skills, and have often wished that I had more colors (flavors) of...

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New button Ladybug

Therapy Fun Zone — Tue, 30 May 2023 03:05:26 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I have not made any button activities for almost a year, and as the school year winds down and I see a light at the end of the tunnel with the potential for extra time on my hands during the summer, I decided to work on button activities. I made...

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Painting as a functional skill

Therapy Fun Zone — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 19:05:50 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.When you think of painting, you don’t immediately jump to using it as a functional ADL skill, but it can be. In my painting activity, I used plastic bowls to hold the paint, so the kids had to squeeze out the right amount of paint into the bowl. They then...

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Making button letters and names

Therapy Fun Zone — Sun, 27 Oct 2019 21:07:00 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I love working on skills while working on skills, so using letters and buttons together is a perfect combination. We can work on fine motor and motor planning skills while talking about letters and the letters of the child’s name. First you make a strip with buttons about 1 1/2...

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Using a squeeze bulb for fine motor gardening

Therapy Fun Zone — Tue, 09 Jul 2019 21:03:05 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.The whole act of gardening is good for both the body and soul. Getting your hands dirty in the soil and digging is great for working your hands and for sensory calming. Pulling out vegetables and pulling out weeds can work the arms and trunk, but you can also work...

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Cute felt piggy bank with button slot and zipper

Therapy Fun Zone — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:55:20 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.In my constant quest to find new and fun ways to work on fine motor skills, I made an adorable little piggy bank out of felt. He has a little slot to put money or buttons into with a zipper in the back to take the money out. The kids...

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Tying with two colors

Therapy Fun Zone — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 18:08:25 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Tying shoes is challenging for many kids, and there can be many diferent reasons why the tying is so hard. One of the quickest ways to help with tying shoes is to have two-colored laces. Why does it help to have two different colors on your laces? It provides a...

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Button turkey to practice buttoning

Therapy Fun Zone — Thu, 02 Nov 2017 12:25:37 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.It is time to get dressed and those buttons aren’t going to button themselves. It’s hard you say? How about we practice buttoning on something that is fun. I created this little button turkey with feathers that you can button on. He has six rainbow colored feathers that button onto...

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An Interesting Sleep Aid

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 01:32:58 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Sleep is so important and many of the kids that we work with have a lot of difficulty with sleep. I will tell you about Lucy, a teenager, who started having trouble falling asleep. It can take her upwards of four hours to fall asleep, and the quality of sleep...

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Make Button Flowers

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:58:02 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.Flowers make a great spring time activity, and there are so many ways to incorporate flowers into therapy to work on fine motor, visual motor, and coordination. I have many flower activities, such as ones that use clothes pins, but today we are using buttons in our flower activity. It...

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UnBuckle Me

Therapy Fun Zone — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 16:44:38 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.At Therapy Fun Zone, we focus a lot on activities for children that develop their skills. However, I was recently contacted by an Occupational Therapist, who has invented a new product to help adults who struggle to unbuckle their child’s car seats. I expect many of you will know someone...

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Rainbow Fine Motor Activities with Q-tip Painting

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 05:19:02 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.It is fun to do rainbow activities as you can include color sorting and matching along with working on fine motor skills. I have done many different rainbow activities over the years, and have also incorporated a Q-tip painting template into my latest activity. Use a q-tip as your paint...

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Using the Button Sandwich for Sequencing and Writing

Therapy Fun Zone — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 05:07:28 +0000

This post may contain affiliate links.I love using the button food for practicing buttoning and working on fine motor and visual perceptual skills. I made some order forms so that the kids can practice writing and sequencing their sandwich toppings as well. The kids can take your order and put the fixings on the sandwich....

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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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