• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Fantastic Fun & Learning

Fun learning activities and things to do with kids

  • About
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy and Disclosure
  • Themes
  • Holidays
  • Printables
  • Concepts
    • Alphabet
      • Letter A
      • Letter B
      • Letter C
      • Letter D
      • Letter F
      • Letter G
      • Letter I
      • Letter J
      • Letter K
      • Letter M
      • Letter N
      • Letter O
      • Letter P
      • Letter Q
      • Letter R
      • Letter S
      • Letter T
      • Letter U
      • Letter W
      • Letter Z
    • Art
    • Crafts
    • Fine Motor
    • Gross Motor
    • Phonemic Awareness
    • Phonics
    • Math
    • Outdoor Play
    • Science
    • Sensory
  • By Age
    • Baby
    • Toddler
    • Preschool
    • Kindergarten
  • By Month
  • Books
    • Books and Activities
      • Book Lists
      • Book Related Activities
  • Shop
You are here: Home / By Age / Preschool / Pom Pom Squeeze Water Play

Pom Pom Squeeze Water Play

By Shaunna Evans Leave a Comment · This content may contain affiliate links.

Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on PinterestShare on Email

During the snowball and rainbow pom water play activities we’ve done recently I noticed how much Tinker loved simply squeezing the pom poms. One day I set out a very simple and easy to prep invitation for her to squeeze to her heart’s content, and did she ever! This activity is a great boredom buster when you did something quick to occupy your kids. It’s also excellent fine motor practice for toddlers and preschoolers.

om Pom Squeeze Water Play Fine Motor Activity for Toddlers and Preschoolers

 Materials

  • Pom poms in an assortment of sizes
  • Large container of water
  • Smaller empty containers

Pom Pom Squeeze Toddler Water Play Materials

Tinker started by filling up the large container of water with pom poms, and she spent some time to observe them as they absorbed water.

Pom Pom Water Play

Then she started squeezing. She chose to try and fill one container at a time, so she worked hard to squeeze as much water as she could into the container. As she did she experimented with squeezing one pom pom at a time and then large handfuls of pom poms.

She also tried to see how high she could hold her arms as she squished the water out and still get water into the container. (Yes, a lot of water did end up on the floor, so provide a towel to make clean up easier and prevent slipping.)

Water Play for Preschoolers

We were using tall containers, so it did take some time for her to get the water close to the top. As she did her excitement grew and grew…

Almost there

…until she finally filled the whole container!

Fine Motor Squeezing Activity

And the celebration at the end was priceless! She was so proud of herself! (and yes, I’m sure she’ll be thrilled I shared this picture in about 10 years…heehee)

Celebrate

After celebrating she continued working to fill all the containers with water, but this time she had a different goal. She was making lemonade, and so begin a new adventure into pretend play.

You never know exactly where a play invitation will lead, but it’s always somewhere full of learning when the child takes the lead!

More Water Play Ideas

Bottle Cap Fine Motor Water Play

Duck Race Fine Motor Sensory Play

Small Worlds in the Water Table

Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on PinterestShare on Email

Filed Under: Fine Motor, Preschool, Quick and Easy, Sensory, Toddler Tagged With: pom poms, water play

Previous Post: « Top Learning Resources at EDexpo2015
Next Post: Gardening Books for Kids »

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Search

Join in the fun!

Facebooktwitterpinterestinstagram

Subscribe via Email

Hi, I’m Shaunna!

Welcome to Fantastic Fun and Learning. Here you'll find plenty of great ideas for fun learning activities and things to do with kids.

Popular Right Now

Preschool Name Activities

Free Printable Scavenger Hunts for Kids

Make Germs Scatter Hand Washing Science Demonstration

Our Recent Posts

  • Spring Syllable Sort
  • Spring Color by Syllable
  • St. Patrick’s Day Color by Syllable

Copyright © 2025 | Privacy Policy · Web Hosting Servously.com