Free Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Mat
Gingerbread man are a great theme for December and these free gingerbread man fine motor mats are loads of fun for kids. Plus a great addition to any gingerbread man theme. And great to work with different types of fine motor skills.
You can work on coloring, tracing, hands-on fine motor, and more. All while doing a gingerbread theme and fine motor skills.
You will find 6 gingerbread man fine motor mats: gingerbread man tracing, gingerbread man template mat, and gingerbread man dot marker.
The Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Mats are a great addition to the gingerbread printables on the site.
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What are Fine Motor Skills?
Fine motor skills involve using the small muscles in your hands and wrists to make precise movements.
This can be tearing paper, playdough, pencil control, or coloring with a crayon.
Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Printables
Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Mat Printable has gingerbread man tracing, gingerbread man mat, and gingerbread man dot markers. These are all great ways to work on fine motor skills for December and a Gingerbread Man Story theme.
Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Template Printables
You have two different gingerbread man templates. You have a template that you can decorate, color or use as a playdough mat. You have a mat that is just the outline of the gingerbread man that is great for crafts.
Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Tracing Printables
You have two gingerbread man tracing printables. These tracing printables are great for fine motor. And you have the same pictures from the template to use for tracing.
Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Dot Marker Printables
You have two gingerbread man dot marker printables. You have a gingerbread man filled with circles to dot and the outline of the gingerbread man. Two great gingerbread fine motor mats.
Things to use with the Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Mat Printable
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- printer
- white copy paper
- colored pencils
- crayons
- dot marker
- markers
- pencil
- pencil grips – We love these!
- sheet protectors
- white cardstock
- dry erase markers
- playdough
- clear counters
- scissors
Ways to Use the Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Mat Printables
You are going to see a few ways to use these Gingerbread fine motor mats. And remember you can be flexible in how you use them.
Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Template Printables
These are just a few ideas to use the template. Just remember this makes a great template for a gingerbread man craft.
Color the Gingerbread Man
You can start by coloring the gingerbread man. It makes a great simple and easy coloring page. You can use crayons, markers or colored pencils to color the gingerbread man.
You can see crayon below for the coloring.
Use the Gingerbread Man Template as Playdough Mat
You can use either gingerbread man template as a playdough mat. You can print on brown paper and have them decorate or have them just decorate the while gingerbread man.
You can see we have several colors of playdough and gingerbread man template in a sheet protector. You could also laminate the page if you are going to use a several times.
It might also be fun to gingerbread playdough with this gingerbread playdough recipe. Then use it on the gingerbread fine motor mats.
Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Tracing Printables
Youare going to see a few suggestions on how to use the gingerbread man fine motor tracing printable. And remember these are just ideas you can use. You can always be creative with this.
Trace and Color the Gingerbread Man
You can have fun tracing and coloring the gingerbread mat tracing printable. Kids can outline the gingerbread man with crayon and then color the gingerbread man. It would be fun to outline the cirles and color in the cirles with the same color.
Reused the Gingerbread Man Tracing Printable
You can take the gingerbread man tracing worksheet and put it in a sheet protector. Then give them a dry erase marker and let them trace it over and over. This is simple to do and works great a a fine motor center.
Cut out the Gingerbread Man Outline Tracing Printabe
You can take the gingerbread man trcing page and cut it out. then use it is a a template for gingerbread man crafts or have kids decorate the gingerbrea man they cut out.
Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Dot Marker Printables
These are just a few simple ideas and remember that dot markers can be a favorite for kids. And it is loads of fun for kids to use these dot marker mats.
Use Glass Gems or Clear Counters on the Gingerbread Man
You can make the gingerbread man a fine motor mat by adding clear counters or brown glass gems and having kids cover the circles on the gingerbread man. You can use either dot marker gingerbread man.
Dot Marker the Gingerbread Man
You can also just dot marker the gingerbread man and have fun using it for a fine motor center. You can use a brown dot marker or a mix of the colors to dot the gingerbread man.
Gingerbread Books to use with the Gingerbread Mats
Here are some of our favorite gingerbread man books.
Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett
The Gingerbread Baby is a favorite book for us. It is a fun twist on the classic gingerbread man book that you can use with kids.
The Gingerbread Man by Catherine McCafferty
The Gingerbread Man (Keepsake Stories) is a classic version of the story that you can read with kids.
Richard Scarry’s The Gingerbread Man
Richard Scarry’s The Gingerbread Man is another fun book you can read with this fine motor gingerbread man activity.
What you will find in the Free Gingerbread Man Fine Motor Mat Printables
- 2 Gingerbread Templates
- 2 Gingergread Tracing Mats
- 2 Gingerbread Dot Marker Mats
- 6 pages
Winter Fine Motor Mat Printable Set
You have 13 fun winter fine motor mats together in a fun bundle. Easy to use and great to use all season.
What you will find in the Winter Fine Motor Mats Printable Set
- 13 Fine motor mats with a mix of templates, tracing, dot marker, q-tip and playdough mats.
- Fall Fine Motor Mats: Winter Fine Motor Mats include Basketball, Chinese Lantern, Christmas Tree, Clover, Fireworks, Party Hat, Gingerbread Man, Heart, Dreidel, Menorah, Moon – All the Phases of the Moon, Snowflake, and Tooth.
- 88 pages
- Price: $4
More Gingerbread Printables
No-Prep Gingerbread Weekly Packs has 6 levels of no-prep weekly packs. You have PreK, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade pack. Each level is fun with different learning to read and math themed printables that you can just print and use!
Gingerbread Activity Pack has Prewriting, Shapes, ABCs, & Numbers for kids to learn in fun ways. You no-prep pages, easy reader books, tracing strips, and clip cards!
Gingerbread Number Dot Marker & Counting has two options or color and black and white. It works on numbers from 0 to 20 with a gingerbread man.
Making A Gingerbread Man Sequencing Set has making gingerbread man with clip cards, story cards, cut and paste, easy reader book and writing for prek, kindergarten, and first grade activities
Run Run As Fast As You Can With The Gingerbread Man Gross Motor Dice is a fun gross motor dice with 6 movements for kids to do.
Check out all the fun Gingerbread Man Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com