Snowflake Light Table Play & 14 Other Christmas/Winter Fine Motor Light Table Ideas

We had some fun with snowflakes on the light table recently and as you will see, it encouraged lots of fine motor practice. Plus, I get to show you my latest and greatest idea for the light table: a snowflake light table activity for kids!

Snowflake light table and fine motor play from And Next Comes L - plus 14 other Christmas & winter themed fine motor light table ideas

Snowflake Fine Motor Light Table Activity for Kids

Now before I show you what cool idea is coming up, I have a disclaimer. If you are a self-proclaimed snowflake enthusiast (and I learned there are such people after writing this post), either avert your eyes now or carry on reading and cry afterwards about the not-so-perfect snowflakes. I'm not striving for perfect snowflakes anyway, okay? Nor do I want to hear about it.

Ahem...so anyway, I came up with these super awesome snowflakes for the light table using hot glue. Yup! I made them the same way I made my "invisible" letters and numbers using a hot glue gun and some parchment paper. And don't they look magical on the light table?

Hot glue snowflakes on the light table from And Next Comes L

So I set out the hot glue snowflakes on the light table, along with the mirrored alphabet snowflakes from this winter sensory bin and snowflake party picks from this fine motor winter village.

Snowflake light table and fine motor play from And Next Comes L

The different snowflakes provided lots of opportunities for fine motor skills as demonstrated by my amazing hand models, J and K. I still cannot believe how they posed their hands while I took these pictures. These were all naturally occurring fine motor skills at work! That is, I did not ask them to hold or point, etc.

Close up of fine motor skills during snowflake light table play from And Next Comes L

When I set up invitations like this on the light table, the boys will usually grab some extra items to expand their play. You know, something logical...like a hammer...

K hammering snowflakes on the light table from And Next Comes L

J and K exploring snowflakes on the light table from And Next Comes L

It still cracks me up that K chose to add a hammer to this activity. Regardless, he was engaging more fine motor skills by using it.

K also grabbed some plastic containers, which led the boys to share and work together to put the snowflakes into the cups. Some of these plastic containers are numbered from this counting activity, so J also did some counting of snowflakes.

Siblings exploring snowflakes on the light table from And Next Comes L

K, on the other hand, just happily added snowflakes to the containers.

Sorting snowflakes on the light table from And Next Comes L

Close up of hot glue snowflakes on the light table from And Next Comes L

J also spend some time playing with the alphabet snowflakes by arranging them into rows and identifying the letters. He also stacked some of them on top of the hot glue snowflakes.

Close up of hot glue snowflakes and alphabet snowflakes on the light table from And Next Comes L

It was such a simple activity to put together, but lead to all sorts of learning. And it happened to be a perfect way to spend the day since it was -40C with the windchill here that day! Brr...