Name of Activity: “Easy How to Make a Mother’s Day Card”

Type of modality / Arts and Crafts Activity
Type of play / Solitary or parallel
Interaction pattern / Extra-individual
# of participants required / 1 or more
Equipment/supplies / Construction paper, scissors, crayons, markers, colored pencils, glue sticks, tape, sequins
Facilities required/environment / Flat surface; table, computer, paper and printer.
Precautions / Be careful with the scissors

1.  Decide what color paper you would like to create your card with and pick to strips two sheets of construction paper of the same color.

2.  Cut each piece of construction paper into long (lengthwise) strips, about 2-3” wide, leaving the strip as long as the original construction paper. (You will be using three strips of paper of the four that you will end up with once you have cut in half (length wise) both pieces of construction paper.

3.  Glue the three strips together (end to end) to create a long strip.

4.  (Fold glued strips in a “pile” to create an accordion like shape with your strips of paper making sure you end up with 9 separate squares/folded blocks

5.  Draw a flower on the front of the top of the card, and color in with markers. You can also use sequins to decorate the petals of the flower.

6.  Draw a long stem going from the bottom of the flower to the bottom of the folded strip. Children/group participants can add leaves as well.

7.  Using a computer, type the word MY LOVE FOR YOU JUST GROWS AND GROWS.

8.  Cut the individual words out.

9.  Glue them in the above order, one on each block, (starting with the second block after your flower) so that the words will read downward to the phrase “my love for you just grows and grows.”

Category / Skills
Primary body position / Sitting
Part of the body required / Arms and hands; for picking up paper, pencils, markers & crayons as well as cutting an coloring
Movement / Grasp: Palmar OR Scissor Grasp OR Radial-Digital Grasp OR 3-Jaw Chuck Grasp OR Pincer Grasp (depending on the client’s abilities), fine muscle coordination, picking up, /putting down, reaching, balance: static sitting, active range of motion; upper extremities
Physical
Cognitive / Arousal/Alertness, alternating attention, Divided Attention, Focused attention, Selective attention, Sustaining Attention, Categorization, Concentration, Reading, Sequencing, spelling
Problem solving/simple, calculation.
Memory: Short Term, Orientation: Person, Orientation: Place, Orientation: Time, Insight, Judgement
Ability to use a computer and printer.
Social / Self-expression, Social conduct, Social cues, showing respect & warmth, Showing tolerance
Perception / Visual function, Auditory function, (if performing with others and engaging in conversation) Tactile function
Communication/language / Reception of written language, Expression of written language
Self-care / NA
Psychological/emotional (possible) / Joy, frustration . Joy in completing task, and giving to a mother or caregiver, frustration if glue doesn’t stick, word is misspelled, computer doesn’t work, etc..
Ways to SIMPLIFY demands / Ways to make more COMPLEX
Cognitively / Give clients verbal cues as to how they may decorate their cards or what they may write on their cards. / Let clients be very creative with their cards, and require them to come up with their own design, decorations, and writing for their cards.
Physically / Use supplies with adaptations for those individuals who have difficulty with fine motor skill. This could include scissors designed with a more accessible grasp and larger markers/crayons/colored pencils, designed to be more easily grasped. / Have items placed further away from clients on the table, so they are required to reach. Have clients stand while doing this activity to improved balance.
Socially / Do this activity with a single client, and have them in an area away from others to avoid distractions (may be needed for an individual with ASD). / Do this activity with several participants and have them share family memories about mother’s day. If this is not appropriate pick another topic for your clients to share memories or experiences with each other.

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