If you’re a mom of busy toddlers, you know how hard it can be to keep them engaged. Finding fun and simple ideas is not always easy. But don’t worry—I’m here to help in a small way. One thing that has worked really well for my 2 year old kid is popsicle stick Activities.
I’ve tried quite a few popsicle stick activities with my kid, and they really enjoyed them. These activities kept them busy for a while and also helped build their fine motor skills.
So today, I’m sharing some fun popsicle stick ideas. I hope they help you on your journey as a toddler mom—just like they helped me!
Craft Essentials
- Popsicle Sticks
- Sketch pens
- Popsicle Stick Free Printables (Optional)
Where You Find Popsicle Sticks
You can find Popsicle Sticks / Ice Sticks in any nearby craft store or online store. These are cheap, safe, and super useful for toddlers playtime.
What are the benefits of the popsicle Stick activity For Toddlers
Before getting into the Popscile Stick Activities section, let’s see the benefits of introducing Popscile sticks activity to children.
- Fine Motor Skills
- Hand eye coordination
- Colour & Pattern Recognition
- Logical Thinking
Popsicle Sticks Activity Ideas For Toddlers
Easy Color Matching Popsicle stick Activities
Draw the outline of popsicle sticks in different colours on a sheet of paper. Offer your child, a set of different colored Popsicle sticks. Ask your child to match the same colored sticks to those on the paper. This activity helps to develope colour recognising skills.
Draw a fish on paper and color its scales in shape of popsicle sticks with different shades. Provide a selection of colored Popsicle sticks to your child. Instruct your child to match each colored stick to the corresponding scale color on the fish, placing the sticks directly onto the paper. Engaging in popsicle sticks activity strengthens color recognition skills, improves hand-eye coordination, and encourages attention to detail.
Draw a rainbow on paper using 7 different colours sketch pens of VIBGYOR. Provide a selection of rainbow colored Popsicle sticks to your child. Guide your child to match each colour of rainbow with the colored popscile sticks. Along the way, teach them the names of colours in the rainbow. This activity helps children to recognise and learn about the colours in rainbow.
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Keeping a small basket of colorful popsicle sticks, paper, and markers can give you a ready-to-go “boredom buster” activities anytime during the day.
Shapes Matching Popsicle Sticks Activity
Draw various shapes in different colours on popsicle sticks and replicate sketching the same patterns on a piece of paper. Ask your child to match the shapes patterns on the sticks to those on the paper. Through this popscile stick activity, children sharpen their visual discrimination skills and hone their attention to details.
Shapes Puzzle With Popsicle Sticks
Take 3 Popsicle sticks and draw shapes like circles, squares, stars, and hearts on them. Disassemble the sticks and ask your child to match the shapes, teaching them the names as they go. This activity enhances shape recognition and learning about the shape names.
Popsicle Stick Color Puzzle Activity
Draw circles on a set of Popsicle sticks (stick sticker dots cutting them into halves), splitting each circle between two sticks. Mix up the sticks and challenge your child to reconstruct the sticks, aligning the matching colors. It improves color recognition, logical thinking and problem solving skills.
Popsicle Stick Counting Activities ( For Preschoolers)
Draw dots on each Popscile stick to represent the numbers, with one dot for stick number one, two dots for stick number two, and so on, up to ten dots for stick number ten. On a piece of paper, draw outlines of Popsicle sticks and write numbers on them from 1-10. Encourage your child to count the dots on sticks and match it to the numbers writen on the paper. This activity reinforces counting skills, enhances number recognition, and provides a hands-on approach to mathematical concepts.
Popsicle Sticks Activities Free Printables
I have made the above activities into printable PDF format, so that you can just take printouts and offer it along with popsicle stick to get activity done! To get access to the free printables of popscile stick activities , just click download button below. Take printout of the free printables pdf and offer it to your kid along with coloured Popscile sticks.
FAQ
You actually don’t need a real popsicle sticks to try out these activities, but you can cut a cardboard or cardstock in the shape of popsicle sticks to do the activities. Just reuse the cardboard boxes or cardstocks from used package materials.
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3) FRUITS & VEGETABLES Activity Sheets For Kids (2+ YEARS) with FREE Printables.
I hope this collection of popsicle stick activities sparks joy, curiosity, and endless learning opportunities for you and your child. In coming days, let us see Popscile sticks craft ideas and Popscile sticks building ideas. Until I come up with next activity idea, have a happy hours of play and learning ahead!