This is an easy painting task to keep messes at bay. Two or three drops of paint is all you need to make a flower. This activity also helps with visual spacial planning and a better understanding of the shape of a circle. SUPPLIES: Fork, acrylic/craft...
Being resourceful is an important form on intelligence. Understanding how different colors can be put together to form a picture is scary at first, but then clients start talking more and become absorbed in the task. Before you know it, everyone has something that they...
Kids like to make animals and helping them understand how parts come together to make an animal have a great cognitive benefit. SUPPLIES: =Small cupcake bake cups =Construction paper for legs, ears, tail, and eyes =1 Fuzzball for a nose =Glue stick [you may want a drop of glue for...
Multi sensory activities are better activities for young and old. SUPPLIES = Bubble wrap, paint, colored pencils DIRECTIONS: With this activity, you place a small amount of paint in a pie tin and then take a piece of bubble wrap (these are free if you check with...
This is another fine tool for hand strengthening, communication, vision(better than a Brock string for those little guys), eye-hand coordination and cognition skills. If you are working on energy conservation have client punch holes and cut plate earlier, then thread and string beads later so...
This therapy tool has some versatility. You can vary the supplies needed, and who you want to make your 3D card for (grandparents, friend, or self). Of course dad's love this. Supplies: --1 paper plate (or card stock paper) --Glue Stick --Colored paper for grapes or use markers to...
This activity is a winner. As you can tell, it allows for individuality and skill building all in one shot. It can also work for grandparents day! Supplies: -1 Paper Plate -Green & White Paint (or just light yellow and/or light green paint) -scissors -1 marker (for writing) - pipe cleaner...
DIY finger or foot twister can be a quick-therapy game to set up. Supplies: 4 colored highlighters/markers Paper ( colored paper if doing foot twister on a wall optional- laminate the paper after placing dots on Use a spinner or make one with a paper plate and snap or paper...
For some clients this is about stepping out of their comfort zone, and for others it may be about keeping an eye on the ball. Balance skills and reflexes also get a workout. Using a rocker board to stand, squat, and sit on while drawing...
Painters tape and some wrapped up telephone books are shown in the picture. You can also make your own blocks to jump on with duck taped notebooks or foam blocks wrapped in duck tape. (DIY blocks tutorial is on your Brilliant Therapy site.) OPTIONS: Try jumping...