Last minute Christmas gift ideas to help kids with their motor skills

If you've just left it a bit late for your kids or think you may be visiting some as a last minute arrangement here's some quick gift ideas we've grabbed that are still available for amazon delivery, that will help develop fine and gross motor skills.

For their fingers 

1. Sticker Art Books

Think paint by numbers but with stickers.  Books can be great for many autistic kids.  They can encourage imagination and the routine and comfort of a repeating activity can be calming too.  Our kids have difficulty with colouring books - lines are not a helpful guide but a stress.  We've recently discovered sticker art books and love them. There's lots of styles with sticker art books for younger kids and then sticker mosiacs for which are our favourite. 

For their hands

2. Character dolls

Getting the clothes and items on and off a doll and moving them around is a great way to practice fine motor skills.  Pick a film or movie and get see if you can find the character - there are quite a few such as Harry Potter dolls, Miraculous Lady Bug and lots from Disney such as Frozen or Encanto. Just get one that your can switch clothes with.  

For their feet

3. Tonie box

We got a Tonie box last year with lots of song playing Tonies.  Our son being able to choose music from a movie to move and dance to gives him choice and a better chance of dancing and moving about - great for gross motor skills.  There is no screen, so he can't be distracted by it - just has fun.  Later you can get whatever other kind of Tonie from stories etc too.  

For their eyes

4.  Well the kids use their eyes, but really it's about gross motor skills again.  Mirrors are a great way of playing and moving your body around to see what you look like - and you can get some fun mirrors.  Just make sure they are securely an safely fitted to the wall once you have them out. 

Hope you manage to find things if you looking last minute too. Merry Christmas.