30 Fun Christmas Fine Motor Activities for Kids
Are you looking for Christmas Fine Motor Activities for Kids? Here are 30, play based learning ideas for toddlers and preschoolers to try this holiday season.
Develop hand strength, hand-eye coordination, pincer grasp and more without any need for worksheets.These play ideas can be used at home or in the classroom to develop fine motor skills. Either way, your kids will love learning through play with these fun and easy activities.
Disclosure: Adult supervision is required for all activities at all times.
If you’re trying to get ready for this holiday season, and want some festive play ideas to try with your kids, then take a look at all of our Christmas activities for kids. Or you can invest in the Christmas Activity Pack, which is filled with educational printables for young kids.
Christmas Fine Motor Activities
1. Playdough Christmas Trees
Looking for a fun way to keep the kids busy this Christmas? Try making play dough Christmas trees! It’s an easy and enjoyable activity for all ages.
2. DIY Christmas Tree Peg Board
Looking for a great way to get your kids involved in the Christmas season? Make a DIY Christmas Tree Peg Board! Toddlers and preschoolers will have so much fun with these fine motor Christmas trees.
3. Wrap the Present Activity
Looking for a fun and engaging activity that encourages fine motor work? This gift wrapping activity is a great idea to get kids involved and develop those small muscles.
4. Christmas Necklaces
Little fingers can get creative with threading christmas necklaces! Fun ideas like this are the perfect addition to your list of Christmas fine motor activities.
5. Christmas Tree Sticky Wall
Stick small items to a vertical surface with this Christmas Tree sticky wall activity. It’s a wonderful way to use small pieces of green wrapping paper to make something fun.
6. Christmas Sweater Sticker Activity
Draw an ugly sweater onto a piece of paper and decorate it with Christmas stickers. This Christmas sweater sticker activity is a fun way for kids to develop fine motor control in early childhood.
7. Christmas Transfer Fine Motor Activity
Test your finger muscles and have some festive fun with this Christmas pom poms transfer game! It’s a fun way to experiment with tongs and tweezers through play.
8. Count and Clip Christmas Lights Card
Improve your child’s fine motor skills with this fun and interactive Christmas lights counting activity! All you need is some green paper and wooden clothespins to make your own counting cards. It’s a wonderful way to practice counting and number recognition with young children.
9. Christmas Scissor Skills
These free scissor skills Christmas printables are perfect for sharpening fine motor strength this Christmas. Download now to get started!
10. Pom Pom Christmas Tree
Create your own beautiful 3D Pom Pom Christmas Tree! This play idea is perfect if you’re looking for fun Christmas activity ideas to do with your toddlers and preschoolers.
11. Christmas Lacing Cards (Free Printable)
Looking for a free Christmas printable to help your kids improve their fine motor skills? Check out these fun and easy-to-use Christmas lacing cards.!
12. Pine Cone Christmas Trees
This fun and simple play idea doubles as a Christmas tree craft. Make your own pine cone Christmas tree with just pine cones, rubber bands, and your imagination!
Photo: The Imagination Tree
13. Christmas Tree Printable
Make the holidays special with this Christmas tree printable, designed for the development of fine motor skills. Use beads, pom poms or even jingle bells to decorate the Christmas tree in this super simple activity.
Photo: You Clever Monkey
14. Jingle Bell Drop
This fun and creative activity for older babies and toddlers helps to develop hand-eye co-ordination and encourages problem solving. Try dropping the jingle bells into a bottle for hours of fun!
Photo: Mama OT
Christmas Activity Pack
Over 100 Pages of Christmas themed play based learning activities and craft templates. Perfect for preschool and kindergarteners.
15. Christmas Tree Geoboard
Make your kids’ holiday season merry and bright with this fun DIY Christmas Tree Geoboard Toy! Using cardboard boxes and paint, create an engaging fine motor tool for a Christmas theme.
Photo: The Imagination Tree
16. Push Pin Christmas Tree
Experience the most wonderful time of the year with this fun push pin Christmas tree activity. Push the pins into a paper tree and create a fantastic holiday play idea.
17. Christmas Cookie Cutters Activity
Bring playtime and motor skills together with this fun Christmas cookie cutter activity! Wrap a gingerbread man, Christmas tree or candy canes cookie cutter in rubber bands or wooden clothespins to build your child’s fine motor skills. How easy is that?
Photo: Little Bins for Little Hands
18. Decorate the Felt Christmas Tree
Create your own tree with this festive decorate-the-felt-tree activity! Use tweezers and tongs to move the beads for an extra challenge.
Photo: Buggy and Buddy
19. Christmas Pom Pom Drop
Looking for fun Christmas-themed activities to help your kids with their fine motor skills and counting? Have them drop the pom pom into Santa Claus’ hat to get a great learning experience.
Photo: Laly Mom
20. Christmas Tree Ball Drop
Enjoy a classic Christmas game with a twist! Kids will have a blast as they use their fine and gross motor skills to drop ping pong balls into the cups on this Christmas tree ball drop activity.
21. Candy Cane Threading
Introduce a fun and creative holiday activity to your classroom or small groups with this pipe cleaners candy cane threading game! Keep kids engaged and entertained while they practice fine motor skills.
Photo: A Little Pinch of Perfect
22. 3D Christmas Tree
This fun and creative Christmas fine motor activity is perfect for kids of all ages! Transform a styrofoam cone into your favorite 3D Christmas tree by simply pushing mini Christmas lights into it.
Photo: No Time for Flashcards
23. Connect the Stickers
This fun play idea for kids helps improve pencil grip, motor skills and concentration as they connect the stickers and draw a line in between all the stickers on the festive Christmas tree.
Photo: Toddler Approved
24. Christmas Lights on the Light Table
Have some simple fun by using a pipette to transfer colored water into a Christmas lights mold. Do this Christmas lights fine motor activity on the light table and enjoy watching as the light shines through.
Photo: Still Playing School
25. Christmas Tree Transfer Activity
This fun and creative play idea is perfect for kids! Try transferring jingle bells from one cup to the other on the end of a paper Christmas tree to strengthen fine motor skills.
Photo: Hands On As We Grow
26. Christmas Lights Sticker Activity
Explore the winter wonderland with this festive Christmas lights sticker activity! Use dot stickers to trace the lines above this scenic village – perfect for a fun holiday project!
Photo: Days with Grey
27. Free Printable Christmas Playdough Mats
Make learning fun this Christmas with these Christmas Playdough Mats! Kids can decorate and create patterns on the printable mats using playdough or other manipulatives.
28. Christmas Pom Pom Push
This Christmas Pom Pom Push Activity is one of my favorite fine motor activities for Christmas. Match the colors of the pom poms to the colored circles on the tree for an extra layer of color learning.
Photo: Active Littles
29. Christmas Tree Sticker Wall
Get creative and decorate a giant green tissue paper Christmas tree with festive stickers! Fun for all ages, this activity will bring holiday cheer to any space.
Photo: Toddler Approved
30. Christmas Sticker Cups
Make your holiday decorations stand out with this fun, easy, and affordable activity for kids! Place Christmas stickers onto plastic cups for a festive addition to your Christmas dinner.
Photo: Days with Grey
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