Free Leaf Fine Motor Mat Printables
Leaves are a great theme for the fall. And these new free leaf fine motor mats help kids have fun while working on fine motor skills.
You can work on coloring, tracing, hands-on fine motor, and more. All while doing a fall theme and fine motor skills. These work great for all of the season of fall.
You will find 4 leaf fine motor mats: leaf tracing, leaf template mat, leaf dot marker, and leaf playdough mat.
The Leaf Fine Motor Mat Printables is a great addition to the fall printables and subscriber freebies on the site.
The Leaf Fine Motor Mat Printables are part of my subscriber library. You can subscribe to the newsletter and get access to the password there. You will find it in the fall section on the subscriber freebie page.
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.
Leaf Fine Motor Printables
Leaf Fine Motor Mat Printable has leaf tracing, leaf mat, leaf playdough mat, and leaf dot marker. These are all great way to work on fine motor for the fall.
Leaf Template Printables
You have two leaf templates to pick from. One with the outline of the leave and one with lines running up the leaf. Both work great for template crafts or activities for kids.
Leaf Tracing Printables
You have 6 different leave tracing printables. You have the outline, outline with the lines in the middle, and four leaves to trace. Each of these 6 different tracing pages is great for fine motor tracing work.
Leaf Dot Marker Printables
You have a dot marker that outlines the shape of the leaf. You can see the line around the leave between to dots to help kids see the shape better.
Leaf Playdough Mat Printables
You have a leaf playdough mat. You can fill in the outline of the leaf or fill in the whole mat as well. It is a great way to work on a leaf shape.
Things to use with the Leaf Fine Motor Printable
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- printer
- white copy paper
- crayons
- markers
- dot marker
- yellow acrylic rocks
- pencil
- pencil grips
- sheet protectors
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- white cardstock
- dry erase markers
- binder
- playdough
Ways to Use the Leaf Fine Motor Mat Printable
You are going to see some suggested ways you can use these leaf fine motor printables with kids. It will be done by the different types of printables.
Ways to Use the Leaf Template Printable
You can see some ideas below for the leaf template. You can use either idea for both of the leaf fine motor templates.
Fill the Leaf Template
With the leaf template, you can fill the center of the leaf. This is a great template to use as a leaf craft.
We used yellow acrylic rocks to fill in the leaf. A great fine motor activity.
Color the Leaf Template
You can use either leaf template to color but the one with the lines in the middle makes a fun way to work on coloring the leave different colors for the fall.
You might also want to make this easy paper leaf craft, after doing the fine motor leaf printables.
Ways to Use the Leaf Tracing Mat Printable
You are going to see a few suggestion for the leaf tracing pages. Just remember these are a few suggestions and you have 6 pages to change things up. And any of these ideas can work for these pages.
Trace the Leaf Tracing Mat
You can use crayons or markers to trace the leaf. And you might want to do a simple leaf tracing or the more complex leaf tracing. And you can color inside the leaf when you are done.
Reuse the Leaf Tracing Mat
Don’t forget that these leaf tracing pages can be reused. You can put the leaf tracing mat in a sheet protector and then use a dry erase marker to trace them. You can put all the leaf pages in a binder and trace them all.
Use the Leaf Tracing Mat for a Cutting
You can also use these leaf tracing mats as cutting pages! It is a great way to pull out the scissor and cut the dotted lines.
Ways to Use the Leaf Dot Marker Mat Printable
Dot marker pages are super fun and we love them. And this leaf fine motor set has a dot marker page. You can see how we used the pages below and remember you can always change up how you use them.
Make the Leaf Dot Marker Mat Hands-On
You have use any small item around the leaves. You can use clear counters but we love the clear glass gems. You can see the yellow glass gems for the circles. It makes in hands-on fine motor and not just a one time use.
Use Dot Markers with the Leaf Dot Marker Mat
And you can use dot markers on the leaf dot marker page. The fall colors of yellow, orange or red work great for this. And they get great fine motor work with the dot markers. These are great for kids that are not ready for tracing.
Ways to Use the Leaf Playdough Mat Printable
You can see some suggestion of how to use the leaf playdough mat below. And remember you can always think of great ideas.
Use the Leaf Playdough Mat
You can make playdough snakes and line the leaf shape. This is a great fine motor activity with playdough. And great for making the shape of the leaf and getting extra fine motor work.
Use the leaf Playdough Mat for Tracing
You can use that lines for the playdough mat for tracing. Keep the leaf playdough mat in a sheet protector and instead of using playdough, use a dry erase marker for tracing between the lines.
- 6 Leaf Tracing Mat Printable
- 1 Leaf Dot Marker Mat Printable
- 1 Leaf Playdough Mat Printable
- 2 Leaf Fine Motor Mat Printable
- 10 pages
Fall Fine Motor Mat Printable Set
You have 16 fun fall fine motor mats together in a fun bundle. Easy to use and great to use all season.
What you will find in the Fall Fine Motor Mats Printable Set
- 8 Fine motor mats with a mix of templates, tracing, dot marker q-tip and playdough mats.
- Fall Fine Motor Mats: Apple, Football, Leaf, Pencil, Pumpkin, Spider Web, Poppy, Turkey
- 48 pages
- Price: $4
Other Fine motor printables for kids to use during the fall
The pumpkin fine motor mats work great with tracing, playdough mat, dot marker page and pumpkin template.
Leaf Activity Pack: Prewriting Shapes, ABCs & Numbers is a great fall printable set that has clip cards, no-prep printable, tracing strips and easy reader books. These printables work great together for centers and learning for the fall.
Fall Themed Dot the Number & Count the Dot: Apples, Pumpkins & Leaves are fun no-prep and hands-on activities with apples, pumpkin and leaves. This is a great fall kindergarten and prek printable.
Fall Pack Extra: Dot Markers has a leaf for kids to dot marker. You also have a pumpkin and apple. This makes a great fall fine motor center for tot, preschool and kindergarten.
Check out all the fun Fall & Leaves Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie