Using Tools Ideas

Using a whisk in a bowl.  Having a measuring spoon or dropper to limit the detergent is a good idea

Using an egg whisk to create bubbles.

Using a juicer to squeeze lemon juice (which can be used for polishing pennies - see polishing ideas). Or to squeeze orange juice for a drink.

Spreading butter, jam, cream cheese, hummus, peanut butter etc on toast or crackers

Using a crinkle cutter to chop banana, celery, carrot etc on a chopping board

Using a rolling pin to roll out play dough on a board, then cut with a pastry cutter.

Using a salt mill to grind salt 

Using a simple nutcracker to crack walnuts or monkey nuts.   Do not have nuts in a setting with a child with a NUT ALLERGY

Sharpening pencils using a pencil sharpener.

Using a coffee mill to grind cofee beans.

Using a pestle and mortar to grind coriander seeds kept in spice jars.

Using a pestle and mortar to grind wheat grains..

Stapling sheets of paper to make a little book.

Punching holes in paper with a hole punch (and joining with treasury tags).

Using paper clips to join paper, or to secure tracing paper.

Using a punch out pricker with a protective pad 

Cutting with scissors along strips of cards with lines, gradually giving more complicated lines to cut, stored on a wooden

Using the cut paper from the cutting activity to glue to make a collage of random shapes.

Cutting salt dough with a knife and fork

Using a sieve to separate solids from liquid

Using a garlic press to squeeze water from mini sponges.

Using a grater to crumb bread for the birds or for the crumbing exercise.

Using a sieve to separate grains from fine salt.

Pouring 300ml water from a glass jug containing approx 400ml into a clearly marked measuring jug, on a tray

Lay a place setting on the mat, add a napkin and napkin ring for additional rolling practice.

Using a magnifying glass to explore the patterns on shells.

 Using weighing scales

Hammering nails into corkboard, nails stored in a jar, shapes in a box, all on tray.

Unscrew the end of the torch and remove the battery set then replace and close the compartment. The control of error is the light coming back on.

 Using a screwdriver on a fixed bolts board

Using a spanner on a fixed bolt board

 Using a hex key on a fixed bold board