Free Lantern Fine Motor Printables for the Lunar New Year
The lantern is a great theme for Lunar New Year and these free lantern fine motor mats are loads of fun for kids. 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 Lunar New Year theme and fine motor skills.
You will find 8 lantern fine motor mats: lantern tracing, lantern template mat, and lantern dot marker.
The Lantern Fine Motor Printables is a great addition to the Lunar New Year Printables on the site.
The Lantern 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 Chinese New Year 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.
Lantern Fine Motor Printables
You have eight lantern fine motor mats. You have lantern tracing mats, lantern template mats, lantern playdough mat, and lantern dot marker mats.
Lantern Fine Motor Template Printables
You have three lantern fine motor mats. You have the whole lantern, the outline of the lantern in two different ways. Each of these works great for craft templates and coloring.
Lantern Fine Motor Tracing Printables
You have two lantern tracing mats. You have just the outline of the lantern and then the whole lanter to trace.
Lantern Fine Motor Dot Marker Printables
You have two lantern dot marker mats. You have a dot markers that fill the lantern and a dot marker that outlines the lantern. Both a great for using dot markers.
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A Fun Lunar New Year Lantern Book to Read
A fun book that kids can read is Playing with Lanterns. It is a fun book about kids and laterns at their village. It is a great look in to the Lunar New year as well.
It show so many different lanterns that kids might see. And it is free in Kindle unlimited. And there is a sample you can check out of the book as well.
Things to use with the Lantern Fine Motor 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
- Playing with Lanterns
- Lunar New Year (Celebrate the World)
- Bringing In the New Year (Read to a Child!)
Ways to Use the Lantern Fine Motor Printable
You are going to see a way or suggestions to use each of the lantern fine motor mats.
Ways to Use the Lantern Fine Motor Template Printables
You will see a few ideas for using the lantern template mat. And remember, these are just ideas, and they can be used in any way that you can think of.
Use the Lantern Fine Motor Mat for a Playdough Mat
You can use playdough and fill the different areas of the lantern. You can use red for the center, and yellow for the top bottom and fringe at the bottom.
When you use playdough, it is a great way to build strength in your fingers.
Use the Lantern Fine Motor Mat for a Coloring Worksheet
You can use the lantern mat for a coloring worksheet. It is a simple and easy thing to do with kids. You can color the lantern any way you want. You could use crayons or markers for the coloring.
Use the Lantern Fine Motor Mat for a Craft Template
You can use this lantern template for torn paper crafts. It is a fun Lunar New Year craft that you can do with kids. Kids can tear paper and then glue it on the lantern.
Ways to Use the Lantern Fine Motor Tracing Printables
You are going to see a few ways to use these and other suggestions as well.
Trace and Color the Lantern Fine Motor Tracing Printables
You can use crayons or markers to trace and color the lantern. It is a great fine motor skill to trace the lines and then color. You can use red and yellow for the tracing and coloring of the lantern. You use each color the trace and then color in the area.
Reuse the Lantern Fine Motor Tracing Printables
You can reuse the tracing lantern. One way to do this is to put the lantern tracing mat in a sheet protector and then trace the lantern with dry erase markers. You can do this over and over during the Chinese New Year.
Ways to Use the Lantner Fine Motor Dot Marker Printable
These are just a few suggestions for using the dot marker lantern mat. You can always be flexible in how you use them.
Use Glass Gems on the Latner Fine Motor Dot Marker Printable
You can use red glass gems and yellow glass gems on the lantern page to make it reusable. It makes a great fine motor center for the Chinese New Year.
You can see how well the glass gems fit in the circles.
Dot Marker the Lantern Fine Motor Dot Marker Printable
After you have done the center a few times, you can have kids dot marker the lantern. It is a super simple and fun way to work on fine motor.
What you will find in the Free Lantern Fine Motor Mat Printables
- 3 Lantern Templates
- 2 Lantern Tracing Mats
- 1 Lantern Playdough Mats
- 2 Lantern Dot Marker Mat
- 8 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 Lunar New year Printables & Activities
No-Prep Chinese New Year Weekly Packs has weekly packs with a Chinese new year theme. They have PreK, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade. You will find 4 pages of printables for each day. They have a mix of math and language activities.
Lunar New Year ABC Letter Find has all 26 letters of the alphabet in uppercase only and lowercase only. You have 52 pages of tracing the letters and finding the letters on lanterns.
Lunar New Year Lantern Wreath Craft is a fun craft that you can make with kids. You have several fun lanterns around the wreath.
Lunar New Year Sensory Bin is a simple sensory bin with rice, red rocks, gold rocks and coins for the Lunar New Year. An easy way for kids have a fun sensory activity for the Lunar New Year.
Chinese New Year Ten Frames with two sets of ten frames to work on counting from 1 to 10 with filled in ten frames to match the numbers and blank ten frames. A Great Lunar New Year Printable for prek and kindergarten.
Check out all the fun Lunar New Year Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com