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Fun summer activities that develop fine motor skills
Preschoolers love constant play and learning so they need lots of stimulating activities to keep them busy. These entertaining pursuits should be fun, but you also want them to engage your child in the kind of sensory play that helps develop their fine motor skills.
Thankfully, there’s a wealth of ideas out there from parents who have planned inexpensive, educational, fun activities the rest of us can introduce to our own kids.
Start planning your summer fun now with these projects:
- Watermelon counting
- Ice cream pompom scoop
- Button octopus
- Shower curtain painting
- Snack necklace
- Firefly craft
- Shaving cream and sand
- Tongs and water play
- Build a beach
- Ice bin transfer
- Painting with rain
- Seashell exploration tray
- Homemade paint
- Helicopter seed dragonfly craft
- Water beads
Up first: Watermelon counting
Editor’s note: This article was originally published several years ago and most recently updated by ParentMap’s associate editor, Kari Hanson, on July 2, 2025.
