Looking for a cool place to store all of your favorite hand strengthening tools? We’ve got you covered. Check out this awesome storage hack that’s perfect for therapists, teachers, and parents!
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Have you heard of the viral snackle box container? This handy storage box with a clear top and individual serving containers has sparked a huge trend. Thousands of videos have been posted showing different ways to fill the box with colorful fruit, candy, and other snacks to take with you on the go.
But when we saw this cool snack box, we immediately thought how perfect it was for storing, organizing, and traveling with all of your favorite fine motor, sensory, and learning activities!
This box would be a great option for a therapist who needs pre-planned fine motor activities at their fingertips for their therapy groups at school or in the clinic. Teachers could have a whole shelf of these boxes prepared with academic and fine motor centers. Parents will love having one of these boxes on hand for car rides or plane rides with little ones who need some entertainment!
Today, we’re taking snackle box ideas to the next level with some hand strengthening and fine motor ideas for kids! This is a genius way to store all of your favorite hand strengthening tools!
We packed our storage box up with a bunch of fun items that can be used by kids on their own or by therapists as they lead fine motor sessions with their students/clients. Loading up all of these supplies instantly sparked tons of other snackle box ideas that therapists could use to keep their supplies and activities organized and easy to grab when they’re on the go!
Here are the hand strengthening tools we included in our box – all perfect to increase hand strength and fine motor skills in kids!
On-the-Go Hand Strengthening Tools Travel Box
Storage Box – This is the viral snackle box container that will become your new favorite storage space for all of your top hand strengthening tools
Paper – We cut a few sheets of plain white paper to keep in the bottom of the box. But you could also add coloring pages, dot to dots, or mazes!
Crayons – An obvious addition to any hand strengthening/fine motor OT session. Break a few of these in half for instant pencil grasp success!
Stickers – Increase hand strength by having kids peel and stick the stickers to create their own designs or you can use them to create connect the dots pictures to complete with crayons!
Velcro Building Blocks – One of our favorite hand strength ideas! Check out this post where you can also get free block building printable templates!
Mini Squigz – We love Mini Squigz for building hand strength, bilateral skills and more! Check out this post about how to play with Squigz!
Legos – You can’t go wrong with this kid favorite! Perfect for building strength and bilateral coordination.
Play Dough – Check out some of our best play dough ideas and don’t forget to throw in some mini cookie cutters too!
Beads and Pipe Cleaners -Stringing beads is a great way to work on fine motor coordination, grasping skills, in-hand manipulation, and more!
Playing Cards – Organizing and holding playing cards can be a great fine motor and hand strength challenge for many kids – not to mention the benefits of practicing turn taking, waiting, and following the rules of a game!
We hope these ideas inspire you to create your own awesome box for some hand strengthening on the go! Looking for other great hand strengthening ideas? Check out the links below.
And don’t miss our other snackle box ideas – the Sensory Storage Box and the Cutting Activities Box!
More Hand Strengthening Resources
The Hand Strengthening Handbook – One of our most comprehensive resources about hand strengthening for kids! Full of fun and creative ideas to build strength and coordination.
The Hand Strengthening Exercise Program – One of our popular exercise programs. Includes QR codes to show kids videos of different hand strengthening exercises, along with pictures of each activity/exercise.
Hand Strengthening Through Everyday Play – Fun and playful hand strengthening ideas for home, school, or therapy!
Hand Strength Activities for Kids – One of our most popular blog posts that includes a big roundup of hand strengthening activities that are perfect for therapy sessions, classroom centers, or play at home.
Why Kids’ Hands Aren’t As Strong As They Used to Be – Learn more about why we often see decreased hand strength in kids.
