“Hey super moms with toddlers! So, guess what I have come up with? I stumbled upon this super fun thing with pompoms that my little one is totally crazy playing with. It’s like our go-to playtime activity now! I thought it would be better to spill the beans and share the excitement with you all. Imagine turning these fluffy pompoms into cool stuff that keeps the kiddos entertained. Who’s in for some simple, joyful crafting with me?” Then, let us dive into fun-filled activity adventure with my 10 innovative PomPom Activities to keep tiny minds curious with a bit of play and more learning. Let’s get to know the ideas to make playtime a exciting session.
Matching Colors Pompom Activities
1) Matching Bunny tail
Scatter the colorful pom poms. Provide kids with matching bunny tails worksheet, encouraging them to pair them up based on color of bunny as shown in the image below. You can either hand draw the bunny sketch in different colours or just download the FREE Printables of worksheet which has a bunny images as shown in the image. I have attached the downloadable pdf below.
This activity enhances color recognition, encourages visual discrimination, and promotes hand-eye coordination.
2) Rainbow Colors PomPom Activities
Create or print (FREE Printable pdf below) a rainbow chart and provide pom poms in corresponding colors. Guide your kids to match each pom pom to its colour on the rainbow, promoting color sequencing and pattern recognition.
This activity strengthens colour recognition, introduces sequencing concepts, and enhances pattern recognition skills.
3) Matching Worm Colours with PomPoms
Sketch an image of worm with sections of different colors as shown in image below or print the worksheet from pdf attached below. Encourage children to match and place pom poms on the corresponding sections of the color worm, creating a vibrant worm.
The activity fosters creativity, refines fine motor skills, and introduces the concept of spatial relationships as children arrange pom poms on the worm’s body.
4) Colour Grouping with PomPoms
Draw or print our vibrant worksheet with colorful circles. Offer different coloured pompoms to kids in different sizes and guide them to match it to corresponding colour hues.
This activity promotes fine motor skills, color recognition, and cognitive development.
Colour Stacking PomPom Balls in Glass jar
Provide a transparent jar/ tumbler with cards having the images of pompoms stacked in jar. Guide children to stack the pom poms into the jar similar to the arrangement in colour card.
This encourages systematic stacking and basic counting. It develops categorization skills, enhances color recognition, and introduces basic counting concepts. Also, strengthens cognitive flexibility and establishes a foundation for mathematical thinking of stacking and arranging in sequence.
Size Recognition PomPom Activities
Draw two circles, one bigger in size and the other smaller to the first circle or download the FREE Printables attached below. Offer a variety of pom poms in different sizes. Guide your Kids to engage in the hands-on task of segregating them into two categories – big and small.
This promotes size discrimination and fine motor skills. Improves hand-eye coordination and lays the groundwork for understanding size relationships, introducing the concept of classification.
Counting with PomPom Activities
1) Icecream Cone Counting Activity
Draw icecream cone with numbers on each cone. Guide your children to count and place the correct number of pom poms on each cone.
This activity enhances number recognition, promotes counting skills, and introduces basic math concepts.
1) Worm Counting PomPom Activity
Print the numbered worm worksheet or hand draw it as shown in the image below. Offer different coloured pompoms, and guide the kids to count and match the pompoms on worm, placing coloured pompoms corresponding to the coloured number written beside the worm.
This engaging activity promotes numerical understanding, along with colour recognition skills, turning learning into a playful learning adventure for curious young minds.
Pattern Making PomPom Activities
1) Activity Type: Basic
Provide kids with a image featuring a grid, each square sketched with colored circles. Challenge them to match the pompoms to the corresponding colored circles inside the grid.
This engaging activity not only enhances color recognition but also sharpens fine motor skills, promoting both creativity and cognitive development in an interactive way.
2) Activity Type: Advanced
Provide cards sketched with intricate pompom patterns within a grid. Challenge kids to replicate these patterns on an empty grid using colored pompoms.
This fosters spatial awareness and creative problem-solving along with colour as well as pattern recognition.
FREE Printables
I’ve got a little treat for you – FREE downloadable activity sheets in PDF format! It’s my way of helping awesome moms in creating fantastic moments of fun learning with your kiddos. Simply hit the Download button, print away, and do activities with your little ones!
I hope that you will have as much fun exploring these simple yet educative activities as I had with my toddler.
As fellow moms, I encourage you to continue infusing creativity into your everyday moments, making playtime not just an activity but a shared experience. Let me know your thoughts and ideas regarding the activity session the the comments section below. Until next time, happy crafting and happy parenting!