I found these wonderful heart roller stamps at Micheal's. They were $1.50 a piece and a GREAT deal! We tried them out today during center time, along with sheets of pink paper taped in a long strip around the table. This way the children could stand and actually walk all the way around the table while rolling! What fun is THAT!
We used purple and red ink to stamp with. The children did need a bit of assistance pressing down hard enough to soak up enough ink to make a long print.
We also attached some thick foam tubing to the handles of the rollers since originally the handles were very flat and a bit difficult to hold on to. (The foam tubing is often used to help children or adults who have difficulty with strength and fine motor skills hold on to paintbrushes/ toothbrushes etc.) You can find the foam tubing through Beyond Play or simply use Styrofoam tubing (this is what we used on these).
When the children grew tired of using the heart rollers we brought out the pipsqueak markers to color with! (The pipsqueak markers are much shorter than regular markers and better for small hands to hold and work on those fine motor skills)
This was a great activity that I think we might pull out again some day soon! I think next time, though, we may just cover the ENTIRE surface of the table with paper as some of our children found it very interesting to roll the stamper in the MIDDLE of the table...or color with marker in the middle of the table!
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