Stick 'Em Christmas Cards

We got this great idea from Learn to Play At Home, a versatile fine motor activity with supplies you most likely have on hand.

You will need:

Large sequins, a small circle punch and paper or stickers

Glue stick, glue squeeze bottle or glue dots

Yellow paper or star stickers (star punch optional)

We adapted this activity for a child with fine motor challenges. We placed glue dots on the back of each sequin and star and placed all of the items on a piece of parchment paper. (You could also reuse the paper the glue dots come with.)

We glued a green tree shaped triangle on a folded piece of stock card and offered the card and decorations. This activity allowed the child to be successful with decorating each tree by picking up each item with a pincer grasp and placing on the tree, especially since he had a number of people to create cards for.

If you have children with more developed fine motor skills, you can forgo the glue dots and offer them a glue stick or squeeze glue. Gluing and placing the sequins offers a great bilateral coordination opportunity, using one hand for gluing and one hand for the sequins. 

We had fairly large sequins on hand so that is what we used. If you have a small circle punch, you could provide paper circles for gluing. Bright neon colors or Christmas print paper would look great. 

You could also purchase stickers and have children place those on the tree as well.

If you don't have a star punch or star stickers, just draw a star on the back of the paper and cut with a small pair of scissors. 

Another variation is using sequins and markers to create dangling ornaments. 

Writing on the inside of the cards was great for fine motor practice along with reading and spelling practice.