Occupational Therapy-­‐ Fall Activities! Here are some fun fall activities that will work on OT related skills:
Finger Turkey:
Purpose
This activity provides tactile input and works on finger isolation by creating a picture of a turkey using the
child's finger prints.
Materials
Construction Paper, Crayons, Finger Paint, Glue, Markers, Tempera Paint, Wiggle Eyes
Skills
Finger Isolation, Sensory Processing, and Tactile Perception
Description
For this activity, you will need washable tempera paint or finger paint in 4 colors (e.g. yellow, red, pink,
and brown).
Ask the child to dip the tip of the thumb into the brown color and press the thumb onto the paper twice.
Thumbprints should be one next to the other. This will be the body of the turkey.
Ask the child to dip the tip of the index finger into the pink color and add a row of pink fingerprints above
the brown ones. This will be the feathers.
Ask the child to add more rows of fingerprints (feathers) in yellow and red colors.
Glue the wiggle eyes to the brown turkey body. Add feet using the markers or crayons.
Apple Transfer:
Purpose:
This activity works on manual dexterity and strengthening of the hand.
You will need:
Red pom poms (small felt balls)
Tongs
Small container to put the pom poms in
Draw a picture of a tree on a piece of paper or have your child make a tree with construction paper.
Activity:
Pick up the pom poms from the bowl using the tongs/tweezers
Put glue drops on the tree
Drop the pom poms onto the glue drops on the tree
Apple Frame Craft
The perfect craft for your little ones for the back to school time of year, this frame lets them be creative
while sharing a memory of their first day back. This craft is appropriate for kids aged 4 and up, with
younger kids needing help from an adult for the cutting.
What you'll need:
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Large paper or foam plate
Red tissue paper cut into squares
Green construction paper for the leaves
Scissors
Glue stick
Black pen for personalization
Your favorite back to school photo
How to make your apple frame craft
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Cut a bite out of your apple and a circle in the middle
for the picture.
Glue the red tissue paper squares onto the plate,
overlapping as you go to make a mosaic effect. Tuck
edges into the hole for the photo and around the
edges of the plate and glue into place on the back of
the plate.
Cut out leaf shapes from the green construction
paper. Glue them behind the plate so that they are
sticking out of the top of your apple.
Glue or tape your photo to the back of the plate so
that the image shows through.
Use the black pen to personalize your frame with
your child’s name, the year and ‘first day’ or ‘first
day of school’ around the plate edge.
Fingerprint Indian Corn Craft
Indian corn makes a great fall decoration, so we decided to make our own! Use our printable corn
template and your child's fingerprints to make this great fall preschool craft with your children. A few of
these hung on a door or window make great homemade fall decorations. This is a fantastic craft to do with
even very young children. This fall craft is very similar to our Button Indian Corn Craft and if your child is
older and likes the fine motor challenge of working with small buttons, we recommend trying both crafts
out - our daughter enjoyed making both!
What you'll need:
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Yellow and green construction paper
Printable corn template
Scissors
White glue
Red, orange, yellow, and white washable paint.
How to make your Fingerprint Indian Corn Craft:
1. Print our corn template and cut the pieces out. Trace the corn piece onto yellow construction
paper, and the husk piece onto green construction paper. Cut both pieces out.
2. Glue the corn piece onto the husk piece.
3. Have your children dip their fingers into the paint and dot the different colors onto the corn. This
works best if you can convince them to use one color at a time, but looks just as cute if they all
get smeared together too!
A great website with more activity resources:
www.pinterest.com/amandaalice/occupational-therapy-ideas
Happy fall everyone enjoy the wonderful AZ weather and being able to get out the parks again and be outside.