Nursery World - Mesh stitching

Provide tactile experiences and encourage skills by creating a mesh weaving. Key learning objective - Physical development

Key learning objective - Physical development

Resources

Mesh bag for holding fruit from the supermarket, thisk coloured card, coloured wools and yarns and scissors

Step by step

* Cut the mesh bag open to provide a flat surface.

* Make a frame for the weaving using teh card. Ask the children to decide what shape they would like , such as a heart, a car or an irregular shape. Cut out this space from the inside of a square piece of thick card.

* Tape the mesh to the back of the frame and trim of the excess.

* Make a collection of different threading materials , such as wool, raffia, ribbon and braid and so on. Cut these into short lengths.

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