Effective Preschool Holiday Activities - Father's Day Activities

A Fathers Day Tie:

The children will enjoy creating a gift for their fathers for the special occasion: Fathers Day!

They will develop their fine motor skills creating an object from folding paper.

Materials needed for the Activity:

3. Square Colored Construction Paper.
4. Black Marker Pen for Decorating.

Procedure:

• The children will start the activity by folding the square in a triangle, from the bottom corner to opposite top corner.
• Next, they will fold the triangles open, to fold each triangle once again, creating four triangles.
• The children should then fold the two outside triangles to the inside and glue the two triangles together at the back. This will create the shape for the tie.



• They will lastly fold the tip of the sharp end of the tie to the back.(This will serve as the top of the tie.)
• The children will then turn the tie over, and start decorating the tie, adding stripes, squares, or patterns.
• The highlight of the activity will be presenting the gift to their fathers!

This simple activity always presents them with the opportunity to have a lot of fun and explore their creativity, as well as stimulating their fine motor muscles.

This simple activity will not only present the children with enjoyment, but will enhance their confidence, as the children will experience success.

This is important for the children whose fine motor skills are not developed, and are not up to standard yet.


Variation on Making a Fathers Day Tie:

Materials needed for the Activity:

1. Colored Construction Paper.
2. Templates for Ties.
3. Triangular Shaped Profile Pencils. (Improving the Children's Grip.)
4. Scissors and Glue.
5. Wool.
6. Stars, Glitter, Coloring Pencils.
7. Paint and Paint Brushes.
8. Black Marker Pen.
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• The children will firstly choose between the two templates, and then trace their tie to the color cardboard using their triangular pencils. They can use the black marker pen to retrace the pencil lines.
• They will next cut out the ties, and then decide how they are going to decorate their ties.



• They could glue some glitter over the tie, stick stars to the tie, or use paint and paint brushes to decorate their tie, and so on.
• The children should wait for the ties to dry and then glue wool to the back of the tie in order to fasten the tie. Enjoy!