Wrap the Mummy Fine Motor Activity for Kids

Learn how to make a Wrap the Mummy Fine Motor Activity for your kids. This simple activity is the perfect way to engage in fine motor practice with some Halloween fun. Preschoolers or kindergarteners will have a great time trying this fun idea at home or in the classroom.

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More Halloween Themed Fine Motor Activities to try

There are so many different ways to help toddlers and preschoolers develop fine motor skills this Halloween. Here are my favorite ways to engage in fine motor fun during the month of October.

For more ideas, take a look at these 20 Halloween Fine Motor Activities.

Materials Needed

Cardboard
Pen
Scissors
White wool/yarn – you can use what you have on hand. Ribbon, bandages or even strips of paper would work too.

How to Make a Yarn Wrapped Mummy Fine Motor Activity

1. Draw the outline of your mummy, and some eyes, onto the cardboard.

I made a gingerbread man shape using a black marker. However, I recommend that you draw the mummy shape differently. If I did this activity again I would draw the arms and legs together. Kind of like the signs you see on the men’s bathrooms. Instead of separately like I did below.

The reason for this is to make it easier for the kids. It’s a lot of work wrapping the yarn around all four limbs separately and the kids are more likely to be discouraged.

2. Draw a face onto the mummy head.

Once again, I just used my black marker to make the mummies face. However you can try a few different ideas, such as using googly eyes instead of a pen. Or my personal favorite, a photo of your child’s head, so that it looks like them being wrapped up in the yarn.

3. Cut out the mummy.

Older children will be able to do this step by themselves, practicing their scissor skills while they do. Younger children, like toddlers will need an adult to help them with this step.

4. Using the tip of your scissors. Make a hole in the mummy’s foot.

5. Cut out a long piece of yarn and thread one end of it through the hole. Tie the end off so that it is secured to the cardboard.

6. Enjoy playing

All you need to do now is to allow your children to wrap the yarn around the mummy.

Different ways to Play

Wrap the mummy

Take your piece of yarn and wrap it around the cardboard mummy. Keep going until your mummy is completely covered.

Your kids are going to need to experiment with how to do this fine motor activity successfully. The yarn can’t be too loose or it will slip off, and the angle can’t be too great around corners or it won’t stay in place either.

Your kids will have to learn how to hold the yarn in place with one hand, while simultaneously figuring out how to manage a long (possibly tangled) piece of yarn. As you can see, it’s a fantastic way to develop small hand muscles.

As you can see, my preschooler struggled with this activity. However, it’s the first time he’s ever tried anything like it and he had a surprising amount of perseverance. Which, for me, is more important than being able to do this activity the first time around.

Mummy Craft Ideas

If your kids don’t take to this activity, don’t worry. All that work isn’t wasted. Get some white masking tape or white paper and your mummy template and turn it into some fun mummy crafts instead. It’s a lot easier to stick painters tape on your mummy than it is to wrap it.

This is a great way to include kids of all ages. Younger siblings don’t have to miss out on the fun.

What You’re Learning

Fine Motor Skills

Fine motor skills refer to the small muscles in the hand and fingers. Developing these skills are important in being able to write when the kids go to school, as well as being able to complete tasks independently. (For example, dressing and feeding themselves).

Holding, wrapping the yarn and moving the mummy around is all going to help young kids develop: