Yarn Bowls

Yarn Jar

Setting: kitchen or playroom

Materials:

Cling foil (surran wrap)

Yarn

1 Glass Bowl

Glitter

Small Toys (sillybands, small animals, ect)

Paste Mixture Materials:

1 Glass bowl

2 Cups Cold water

Hot water

3 TBLS Sugar

½ Cup Flour

Pan

Instructions:

 Combine flour and 2 cups of cold water in a bowl.

 Boil 2 Cups water in a pan and add the flour and cold water mix.

 Bring this to a boil.

 Remove from heat and add sugar.

 Let cool and now you have the paste mixture.

 Lay surran wrap around the inside of the second bowl.

Add yarn to glue along with as much glitter and small toys that you would like.

Take yarn and toys out of glue mix and lay along the bowl.

Allow to dry and remove yarn from surran wrap bowl and you have a fun sensory toy bowl!

Purpose: Encouraging play with the glue and yarn allows expansion on the individual’s sense of touch. While the glitter and small toys act as a visual sensory discovery. Allowing the person to help you with the bowl creation also improves gross motor activity through stirring the glue mixture as it is being made. Following a small recipe for glue improves cognitive skills and problem solving that the person will need either in school or later in life. This project is great for kids or for those who love to knit since they can put all their yarn in the bowl after. 

Andree, E. (2011). Threads, Threads, Lots of Threads.

About Crochet. [Blog post]. Retrieved from: http://elisabethandree.posterous.com/threads-threads-lots-of-threads

Carolyn’s Homework. (March 2011). Etceteras: Yarn Bowl. [Blog post].

Retrieved from: http://carolynshomework.blogspot.com/2011/03/etceteras-yarn-bowl.html