Easy Rubber Band Fine Motor Activity for Toddlers and Preschool 

Are you looking for things to do with rubber bands? 

This activity was very simple to put together and awesome for learning about colors. 

I only used 3 “ingredients” for this activity and I’ll be sharing exactly how easy this rubber band activity was to put together. Stay tuned! 

Related: Are you looking for more cool things to do with rubber bands? Check out this easy set of rubber band fun learning activities I made for my LO!! 

Materials: 

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• Rubber Bands

• Ice Cube Tray

• Pom Poms

• Fine Motor Tool (optional)

This is all you will need, yay! 

Note: Sometimes we won’t include the fine motor tool, because my LO just likes getting into fine motor activities without using them and using her fingers only and that is okay too! 

So it is completely optional if you’d like to use them or not. 🙂 

Either way they will still be gaining the benefits of fine motor play, woohoo! 

What are the activities of fine motor skills? 

There are many fun activities that involve fine motor skills. 

Here are some fine motor activity ideas: 

• Fine Motor Skills Color Sorting Activity

• 50+ Fine Motor Activities for Kids

• Insect Sensory Bin and Fine Motor Activity 

And, if you’d like to learn even more fine motor activities, search “fine motor” at the top of this page for even more fine motor skills ideas! 🙂 

What can I make with small rubber bands? 

Small rubber bands – the ones you use for little kids hair to make pigtails is also a fun tool to use in activities. 

You can try adding them into a tray of a small amount of water and using an unused chopstick to pick them up! 

This is a wonderful fine motor activity and an extremely easy setup! 

Do you know of any fun crafts with rubber bands? Share with me any ideas below. I’d love to learn! 

Fun things to make with rubber bands

There are so many fun ideas you can try making with rubber bands. 

Here are the steps I took to put together this simple rubber band activity with an empty ice cube tray: 

• Grab an empty ice cube tray. 

• Add pom poms within each of the holes. 

• Then, add rubber bands around the ice cube tray making sure to slightly cover each of the holes. 

• Ask your LO if she’d like to help rescue the pom poms from the ice cube tray. 

• Make it fun and pretend they need help getting out. 

• Shout out the color names as you take the pom poms out and learn about colors in a fun way! 

This is just one of the many fun and creative things to do with rubber bands!

Do you know of any easy and fun rubber band crafts for kids? Share with me below! 

What are 5 fine motor skills? 

Fine motor development activities

• Cutting using scissors 

• Zipping (check this easy zipper activity out.) – Self Care Skills

• Holding a pencil, pen, marker, crayon – Academia Skills

• Building (legos, duplo, puzzles..) – Construction Skills

• Keyboards.. IT skills

Using a kids activity band included in easy rubber band games would be considered a fine motor skills activity. 

Have you made a set of rubber band toys before? How did it go? Leave a comment letting me know if you’ve tried any fun rubber band projects and what they were! 🙂