Tape Activities That Improve Skills in Kiddos

Kids love tape, parents love tape, we all love tape! What a better way to keep your little one entertained than with a simple roll of tape. They will not only be having fun for quite some time but this will help them improve motor skills and coordination skills. 

At Champion, we find painters tape to be a favorite! It is easy to peel, sticks well, and is easily removed from many surfaces. Not to mention, painters tape can also be found in fun colors like blue, purple or green!

These tape activities target a variety of skills to include: motor planning skills, coordination skills, visual perceptual skills, strengthening, endurance and more! These activities are tried and tested… enjoy these with your family or friends!

  1. Tape Agility Ladder: Why buy an expensive agility ladder, when you can create your own with your tape. Create a variation of movements that they can perform challenge them in speed, agility and coordination. 

  2. Hop Scotch: Create a bright-colored hop scotch on the carpet or outside with painters tape. You can get creative with the top shape - make it a half circle, star, rectangle or anything you choose!

  3. Create A Maze: Pick out a maze picture and mimic it on the floor with tape, this will test how good their visual skills and attention are with copying what they see, then they will be able to perform the maze with problem solving to get to the end. 

  4. Tic-Tac-Toe: Create a giant tic-tac-toe board with your duct tape. You can use any object for your marks, however, if you’d like to turn it into a gross motor game let your little ones use their body to clam their spot. It will get them moving with lots of fun! 

  5. Numbers & Letters: Have them use the tape to create their numbers and letters, after they have a few ready have them trace them with their finger to practice their handwriting skills.

  6. Crawling & Jumping Obstacle: Along a long hallway, place a strip of painters tape across from wall to wall. Repeat with another strip and place strips staggered - one lower to the floor and one a little higher. Then practice army crawling under the low strips and jumping over the higher ones.