Busy Hands: Fruit Sticky Puzzle

I love making puzzles for Little Dude because they are easy to create and there can be so many variations. We made this Simple Shapes Puzzle and the Contact Paper Tree that he really loved putting together. Our newest one was this one with fruits that was fun because of all the bright colours and our favourite medium - contact paper!

Here's what you need to make this Fruit Stick-on Puzzle:

- Contact paper (2 sheets)
- A variety of coloured paper
- Scissors

Just cut out the pieces of the puzzle out of the coloured paper. The elements that this puzzle included were:

1. Banana
2. Banana stem
3. Apple
4. Apple leaf
5. Grape (multiple)
6. Grape leaf
7. Watermelon
8. Watermelon rind
9. Strawberry
10. Strawberry leaf

The strawberry leaf isn't pictured above because I forgot to cut it until we had started, but you'll see it later!

Stick one of the contact paper sheets on a window or white board or even a door using cello tape.

Little Dude put together the different parts of the fruits, with a little help from me. I asked him to name each one and it's colour as went along.

I think he had fun with it, and here's the finished puzzle. I later put the other sheet of contact paper over it to preserve the artwork.

This puzzle is a great way for toddlers and preschoolers to:

- Recognize fruits and colours - Improve hand-eye coordination - Learn to solve basic puzzles

(Busy Hands is a series about activities and craft you can do with toddlers and young children).


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