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DIY Easter Egg Peg Board – Fine Motor Activity

Learn how to make a DIY Easter Egg Peg Board out of an old cardboard box. This is a fun and easy way for toddlers and preschoolers to practice their pincer grip and develop fine motor skills. You can paint the Easter egg to turn this into a color matching activity, or just leave it in black and white, to give kids room to get creative.

If you want to make your Easter themed lessons a breeze, then check out the Easter Activity Pack. It’s filled with math and literacy centers, fine motor activities and arts and crafts templates. All of which are aligned with preschool learning standards. Check it out today.

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Easter Fine Motor Activities

If you are looking for fine motor activities that you can do this Easter, then you’re in the right place. Here are some of my favorite Easter play ideas to help toddlers and preschoolers develop fine motor skills.

  1. Feed the Bunny
  2. Easter Pom Pom Transfer Activity
  3. Easter Lace By Number Cards
  4. Easter Egg Tape Rescue
  5. Easter Playdough Mats (Free Printable)

For more ideas, visit 18 Easter Fine Motor Activities for Kids.

Materials Needed

  1. The free Easter eggs template (optional)
  2. An old cereal box.
  3. Paper, printer and ink (optional)
  4. Small screwdriver or pen
  5. Glue
  6. Pegs

How to Make a DIY Easter Egg Peg Board

Step 1: Download and print the template of the Feed the Bunny activity found below.

I’ve included A4 and A5 copies of the easter eggs, so that you can pick which size works best for the box you have.

This is optional, of course you can just draw an easter egg onto the box using a sharpie.

2. Glue down the easter egg template to the top of your box.

If you like, you can also paint the easter egg. I personally chose not to do this, because I didn’t want this to become a color matching activity. I wanted the kids to feel free to create whatever egg they wanted.

Related: Egg Drop – Days with Grey

3. Use a push pin to make holes in the box. You can then widen the holes using a small screwdriver or a pen.

Related: Easter Egg Sticker Activity – Active Littles

4. Use pegs from a peg board set, (or q-tips cut in half and dipped in paint) to post into the holes and decorate the egg.

If you want to see how I made my own pegs using q-tips, you can read my Rainbow Fish Fine Motor Activity, which goes into this extra step of the process.

Are you going to make this Easter Egg Peg Board for your kids?

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Easter activity pack for preschool and kindergarten. Filled with educational print and play activities for young children that include math, literacy, fine motor skills, craft sand games.

Easter Activity Pack

Over 70+ pages of Easter themed play based learning activities and craft templates. Perfect for preschool and kindergarten.