
Christmas Tree Fine Motor Activity

Christmas Tree Activity
A busy bag is intended to keep little hands busy, while learning, exploring, and getting stronger through fine motor play! And, what does a mom need on occasion for little ones, but busy activities for quiet time.
This Christmas Tree activity is easy to put together. We used just a few items:
(Watch the blog soon for a scissor skills activity related to this Christmas tree activity! Coming soon!)
Green Cardstock
Brown Cardstock
Black marker
Hole Punch
Glue
To make the Christmas tree counting busy bag:
Cut the Green Cardstock into tree shapes. Add trunks with the Brown Cardstock. Glue these in place. Use the black marker to write a number on each tree trunk.
That’s it! Next, show your child how to name the number on the Christmas tree and then to punch the corresponding number of holes into the branches of the tree.
This activity will help your child with:
Number Identification
Counting
One-to-One Correspondence
Gross Hand Grasp
Proprioceptive Input
Direction Following
Problem Solving
Bilateral Hand Coordination
Scissor Skills (See corresponding post, to be published, soon!)
Allowing Mom to cross off one item from her sticky note to-do list
RELATED POST: EGG CARTON CHRISTMAS TREE FINE MOTOR CRAFT
Enjoy this time as your kiddo counts, hole punches, and works on so many skills. And rest assured that they will be doing a productive activity…and not adding more to that to-do list!

Looking for more Christmas busy bags? Try some of these:

Over Cs
Connection
Cards // Fairy Poppins
Prewriting Practice Cards // Stay At Home Educator
Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
& Learn Everyday
Holiday Word Clouds // Lalymom
School
and Crayons