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Pipe Cleaner Pull-Through

Pipe cleaners poked through the holes of a kitchen strainer for a baby to pull out one by one. A tiny fine motor workout.

🧒 Ages 0-2⏱ 10 min
Pipe Cleaner Pull-Through
Pipe Cleaner Pull-Through
Pipe Cleaner Pull-Through
Pipe Cleaner Pull-Through

How to do it

  1. 1

    Poke pipe cleaners through the small holes of a kitchen strainer.

  2. 2

    Hand the strainer to the baby and let them pull each pipe cleaner out.

Tips & extensions

For toddlers, flip the activity so they push the pipe cleaners back in instead.

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