Make Your Own Potholder Weaving Loom
Details
Make colorful potholders for your home, as gifts or to sell as a fund-raiser for your school or club. There’s probably someone you know who made potholders on a loom like this when they were a child. It’s one of those wonderful old-fashioned inventions still popular and useful today. Loom is metal with a wooden frame and measures 7 inches square. Includes enough loops to make 4 potholders.
Recommended for ages 8+
Why We Love It
Arts and crafts encourage creativity, but they do so much more too! Activities like beading and weaving promote fine motor skills and cognitive abilities like organizing and sequencing; drawing and painting help focus on detail-oriented tasks, visual-spatial orientation, and how to communicate through images; and clay-based kits encourage sensory stimulation and logical reasoning.