Trace, Draw and Cut to Save the Day! Fine Motor Christmas Adventures

Welcome to the North Pole! This silly Christmas adventure is truly hands on with tracing, drawing AND cutting fun. It stars the child as the elf who helps Santa and saves the day! Fine Motor Adventures are designed to engage children and take them on an adventure, one dashed line at a time.

Some notes about this book:

You do not need to complete the book all at once. Follow the child’s lead. There are a variety of dashed lines. The more times you read the story, the more opportunities they have to engage and do more. 

Insert or have the child insert their name anywhere there is a blank line.

Allow the child to try to cut with appropriate child scissors. You can always print another page should you need to.  Cutting takes practice and that is exactly what this 

Some lesson ideas... all completely optional, of course!

Title Page: Insert name and elf smiles. Decorate tree and elves’ clothing.

Page 1: Shhh.... Santa is Sleeping 

Cross off days on calendar or circle December 24. Complete and add snowflakes. Trace and decorate Santa’s blanket.

Page 2: Load the sleigh 

Add elf faces. Trace presents. Oh, no! Some bows are missing! Can you add the bows? Trace the painting on Santa’s sleigh.

Page 3: Call Joe 

Cut out Joe’s business card from accessory page and dial his number. Text OK.

Page 4: 

Cut Follow dashed lines and cut candy from beard. An alternate page 4 is at the end of the booklet for more advanced cutters. Text OK.

Page 5: Shampoo 

Cut out shampoo from accessory page. Trace spirals and loops. Don’t push too hard, we don’t want to hurt Santa. Don’t push too lightly, we need to clean that beard! Text OK.

Page 6: Dry 

That is one wet beard! We need lots of hot air to dry it! Cut out blow dryer accessory. Trace blower lines. You can cut beard lines and blow on paper. Text OK.

Page 7: Curl 

Cut out comb from accessory page. Better give Santa a quick comb, trim and curl. Cut on lines, roll paper using fingers, pencil, or other round object. Comb and he’s ready to go! Text Ok.

Page 8: Celebrate! 

You did it! Two of the elves are twins, can you guess which ones? Trace Santa’s path as he heads off into the night sky.

BONUS FUN!

• Maze: Can you help Rudolph lead Santa’s sleigh to the house without touching any fog?

• Elf Feelings: How many different feelings can you create?

• Half draw: Yikes! Half of these pictures are missing. Can you draw the other half?

• It’s a Wrap: Trace and draw a bear. Start the machine. Trace the path of the box as it travels to the wrapping machine. Make sure all the presents have bows. Design the wrapping paper. Which two boxes are the same?

• Guided drawing practice: Draw a moon, star, and snowflake.