Dear Reader,
Initially I thought this was going to be an activity for my toddler but I wanted to include my Preschoolers because it has a skill they need to work on as well. Sadly my toddler just couldn’t get the handle on pinching the clothespin to open it up. It might have been that the clothespins I used were too small for her little hands to be able to do herself.
That is why this activity turned into an activity more for my Preschoolers. The idea is that the child works on her pincer grasp, which is important for the correct holding of a pencil, while hanging up some “clothes” (I used washcloths and fabric napkins for this).
The girls enjoyed it so much, they were playing on it much longer than I was expecting them to play. I honestly thought they would get bored shortly after we started, but they were playing with it for around half an hour.
As you can see from the pictures the “clothes” were well secured, which was good because the baby was coming and trying to pull them off the line.
I used a length of twine that came with my clothespins I ordered off amazon, though you could use yarn. String the twine or yarn between two stationary objects (I happen to have a perfect place with two doors). Gather your items to be hung and the clothespins. Let your children loose after showing them what to do. Finally just sit back and watch the magic.
