Scoil Maelruain Junior National School, Tallaght, Dublin 24

✂️ Fine Motor Thursday – Christmas Play-Doh Creations 🖐️🎄

27th Nov 2025
✂️ Fine Motor Thursday – Christmas Play-Doh Creations 🖐️🎄

This week, we focused on developing fine motor skills, which are essential for handwriting, pencil control, cutting, and many everyday tasks. The children used Play-Doh to practise actions such as pinching, rolling, squeezing, cutting, pressing, and shaping, all of which help strengthen the muscles in the hands and fingers.

The children created a variety of models, including:

  • Christmas trees and decorations

  • 🎁 Shapes using cutters

  • 🐦 Animals, people, and imaginative sculptures

  • ❤️ Hearts, stars, airplanes, butterflies, and more

They enjoyed experimenting with different tools and techniques, using both hands together to shape and build their creations.

Play-Doh activities are a wonderful way to support fine motor development, hand strength, coordination, and creativity, while also making learning fun and engaging. 🌟