We hope these tips and activities inspire you to make the most of the holiday season while nurturing your child’s fine motor development. Wishing you and your family a wonderful winter season together!
Decorate Christmas Cookies: Set up a decorating station with icing, sprinkles, and various toppings. Encourage your child to decorate using squeeze bottles or icing pens, fostering fine motor control and creativity.
Hanukkah Dreidel Game: Play the traditional dreidel game with your child using a dreidel and chocolate coins (gelt). Spinning the dreidel and picking up coins require precise finger movements, enhancing fine motor skills while celebrating Hanukkah traditions. Find child-friendly printable Dreidel rules here
Kwanzaa Kinara Craft: Create a mini Kinara (Kwanzaa candle holder) using craft items around your house. Have your child decorate and assemble the Kinara, focusing on fine motor skills such as gluing, cutting, and arranging the sticks in the correct order. Find a simple kinara craft instructions here
Snowflake Cutting: Provide your child with paper snowflakes templates or plain paper and child-safe scissors. Encourage them to practice cutting along the lines to create intricate snowflake designs, promoting fine motor coordination and scissor skills.
Holiday Card Making: Set up a card-making station with colored paper, markers, stickers, and stamps. Encourage your child to create personalized holiday cards for family and friends, allowing them to express their creativity while refining fine motor skills through drawing, writing, and decorating.
