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Lacing cards , or sewing cards are excellent tools to help toddlers and preschoolers strengthen their fine motor skills, practice their hand-eye coordination, and concentration. Not to mention, lacing activities make GREAT busy bags for kids and are an excellent way to keep little hands occupied for some quiet play.
These printable Christmas lacing cards are a simple, fun way to get the benefits of lacing and threading while feeling festive this Christmas season!
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The best part? They are EASY to make at home with supplies that you most likely already have in your cabinet! And because they store so easily, you can save them to use again next year!
Make Your Own Christmas Lacing Cards for Preschoolers: Supplies
To make these cards at home, you’ll need
- Construction paper
- I also used heavier card stock for one of our Christmas tree cards, to see which was better. It turns out, that once you laminate them, there really isn’t a difference. So I used regular construction paper for the others.
- DIY Christmas Lacing Cards Shapes Template – download a printable template for all the Christmas shapes that we made here!
- Scissors
- Laminator*
- This is the one that we have and it’s worked really well for us. It’s super easy to use and comes in handy for projects like this!
- Single hole puncher
- Shoe laces or beading laces
RELATED: EASY DIY CARDBOARD SHAPES LACING CARDS FOR KIDS
Directions
- Print out and trace your Christmas shapes (download here) onto construction paper.
- Cut out your shapes and insert into a laminating sheet*
- Laminate cards and cut each out individually, leaving space around each shape.
- Using the single hole puncher, punch holes around the perimeter of the shape.
- Help your child lace the strings through each hole in order or practice pulling thread in different patterns across each shape to sort of “connect the dots”.
*If you don’t have a laminator, or prefer not to use one, I recommend that you make your cards using heavier card stock paper or craft foam for more durability. Another option is to use thin cardboard boxes (like cereal boxes) that you already have at home. You can see how we’ve used cereal boxes to make shape lacing cards here – and they have held up really well!
And that’s it! I made these with our oldest during the littlest’s afternoon nap and it was the perfect nap time activity.
It has been really fun to see him become more and more confident in his lacing skills. And I am happy for all the extra fine motor work as we continue to work on handwriting and lettering over here!
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Great holiday activity for the little ones, especially helpful with learning! I’m definitely going to try this one!
I love this. I used to make this type of cards for my kids when they were younger.
Thank you for sharing at The Really Crafty Link Party. Pinned.