10 Fine Motor Christmas Crafts for Toddlers
Here are some of the best fine motor Christmas crafts for toddlers to enjoy all season long! These Christmas-themed crafts will help you bring the magic of Christmas to your kids in December.
The toddler age is a time of exploration. They have so much to learn about, and everything is new.
But they are also learning how to move through the world, and it’s a crucial time to develop skills they will take with them throughout life.
These fine motor Christmas crafts for toddlers with a festive theme can help them work on their motor control.
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Button Christmas Tree Craft

Adding buttons to a Christmas tree is a great way to practice precise movements. Kids can decorate with just a few buttons or many.
Simple Shape Cotton Ball Santa Craft

This fun Santa activity has multiple benefits for kids. Simple shapes help them develop shape recognition, and dipping and gluing cotton balls for his beard is excellent for fine motor development.
Fine Motor Pebble Stacking Christmas Tree

Asking kids to stack a pile of rocks might keep them occupied for a minute, but it won’t last long. But asking them to make a bunch of green rocks into a Christmas tree will hold their attention, as they use precise movements to get it just right.
Snowman Countdown To Christmas Advent Calendar

This printable countdown calendar offers multiple benefits. By gluing cotton balls inside each circle daily, kids can work on counting and number recognition while practicing fine motor skills.
Paper Plate Santa Craft

Pretend play is another skill toddlers tend to excel at. Their unmitigated imaginations can take them on all sorts of journeys. Making this fun Santa mask from a paper plate will also help them with their motor skills.
Christmas Tree Craft (Torn Paper Art)

This is a perfect craft for a toddler to practice placing things precisely. And the printable template means that they have a clear guideline to follow.
Disguise a Snowman Craft

Dressing up a snowman with different outfits helps kids identify what parts should go where and practice placing them in just the right spot. This printable template also helps keep it from being a lot of work to set up.
Torn Paper Reindeer Craft

Here’s another fun torn paper craft with a printable template. Kids can get in extra fine motor practice by helping tear the paper bits ahead of time.
Cardboard Christmas Tree Pasta Craft

This fun little Christmas craft takes a classic kids’ activity and puts a fun little spin on it. Dye many different pastas, and challenge kids to make them into a fun Christmas tree.
Handprint Christmas Tree Craft

All it takes to make a fun little Christmas tree is paper, pipe cleaners, and handprints. Kids can work on fine motor skills by designing and creating a Christmas tree.
Final Thoughts
These are some easy yet super fun Christmas fine motor skills crafts for toddlers.
Hopefully you can do some of these with your toddler and enjoy this magical holiday season!
Check out these other Christmas activities for toddlers:
- Christmas sensory activities
- Winter sensory activities
- Winter look-and-find sensory bottle
- Calming winter sensory bottle
- Artic animal sensory bin
- Crunchy Christmas slime
- How to make fake snow
- Construction winter sensory bin
- Fine motor Christmas crafts
- Christmas art projects
- Winter STEM activities
- Pipe cleaner icicles
- Christmas sensory bin
- Penguin sensory bin
- Snowball catapult
- Snowman craft
- Shaving Cream Painting
- Christmas tree sensory bottle
- Penguin ice skating sensory activity
- Jingle bell music craft