Indoor Activity For Kids:

Felt button quiet bin

Sometimes it is really worthwhile to make your own diy toys and activities for your kids, like this felt button quiet activity. With a few simple steps and supplies you can make a fun and educational toy for your kids to keep them busy and away from screens.

This activity is inspired by ideas from Felt button quiet bin.

This activity is great to teach your kids:

Fine motor skills involve movement of the smaller muscle groups in your child's hands, fingers, and wrists.

Developing fine motor skills will help your child to write and prepares her for school. But it will also help your children with everyday tasks like eating, and dressing themselves.

Colour recognition activities helps children get to know the different colors and color blending and matching.

Sensory play is play that involves all the senses - taste, sound, sight, touch and smell. Sensory play is very beneficial to children. Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain’s pathways, which lead to the child’s ability to complete more complex learning tasks. Sensory play is also very relaxing and rejuvenating to children.

Step 1

Gather all the supplies

Step 2

Make your felt strips - cut it out, stitch the button on, cut a hole for the button

Step 3

Show your kids how to play

Attach the pieces together to make a chain. This is a great activity to help strengthen fine motor skills. And by using so many different colors to make the felt button chain, you can also work on color recognition with your kids.
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