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Christmas Fine Motor Skills Cutting Practice

Christmas Fine Motor Skills Scissor Skills Cutting Practice

Quick and easy Christmas Fine Motor Skills set up with recycled cards! This is so SIMPLE. All you need is a handful of old holiday cards (or any cards!) and a pair of scissors. We love fun cutting skills trays with new materials.

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Looking through stacks of cards, I thought they would be great for something. Home made puzzles! I precut the puzzles with different piece sizes and shapes and amounts. A more advanced child can cut his own puzzles. I made one for each part of the tray! He loves his tray and being able to pick which one he wants to do next. In the center, I placed some gift bag tags and a pair of scissors for him to make his own puzzles. (Great for multiple ages and skills!) I love finding ways to use what we have! This was our first Christmas fine motor skills tray and it was so fun and easy! 

 
 
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He practiced cutting them into four pieces each and putting them back together. This is a unique way to work on puzzle skills for Liam because he doesn’t generally enjoy boxed  puzzles!

 
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Liam does a great job cutting when I encourage him to slow down and and make complete cuts! 

Here are 10 more Preschool Christmas fine motor skills

 Preschool Art Christmas Stamping by Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

Stringing Pom Poms by 3 Dinosaurs

3 Fun Christmas Cutting Practice Activities by Lalymom

Holiday Window Tracing by Teach Preschool

Alphabet Christmas Tree by No Time For Flash Cards

Christmas Box Counting and Number Matching by I Can Teach My Child

Montessori for the Holidays (Snowflake Punching) by Vibrant Wanderings

Montessori Christmas Activities by Racheous Lovable Learning

Simple Christmas Sewing Activities for Preschoolers by Childhood 101

Christmas Fine Motor Skills with Beads, Styrofoam and Toothpicks by Sow Sprout Play

 

Time for Fine Motor Fridays!

Fine Motor Fridays Christmas Round Up Edition from Lalymom

Please check out these other fabulous bloggers and wonderful fine motor skills round ups!

Snowflake Light Table Play & 14 Christmas & Winter Light Table Fine Motor Ideas by And Next Comes L

30 Christmas Play Recipes by Craftulate

Montessori Fine Motor Christmas Ideas by Racheous Lovable Learning

Christmas Tree Geoboard and 24 Christmas Tree Fine Motor Activities by School Time Snippets

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  5. Laura @ Lalymom

    Awesome activity and super round up! Soo many ideas that my daughter will LOVE! The card puzzles….so genius. I love that sewing tree too. Thanks for putting together such a fun list of activities!!

  6. Emma

    I love how you reused the Christmas cards (and threw in some fine motor practice too!). I always hate just tossing them in the recycling bin! Good idea!

  8. Dyan

    So many great ideas shared, but I love how you reused the Christmas cards. I hate throwing them out too, by the way. I also love how you managed to turn it into a puzzle without it seeming too much like a puzzle for Liam.

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