| Preschool-aged children love lacing cards. Lacing cards | | | | around the outline of the picture, leaving about an inch |
| allow children to practice "sewing" by threading a string | | | | of space around the picture. |
| in and out of holes in a piece of cardboard. This is a | | | | Using the hole punch, punch holes about an inch apart |
| great activity to help develop your child's fine motor | | | | in the white space around the picture. |
| skills. | | | | Tie a knot in one end of the yarn or shoestring. You |
| Lacing cards can be found most anywhere preschool | | | | may need to wrap the other end with scotch tape so |
| supplies are sold. The pictures on the cards can be | | | | that it will thread easily through the card. |
| anything from farm animals to construction equipment. | | | | That's it! Your lacing card is ready for your preschooler |
| They are enjoyed by both boys and girls. | | | | to use. These are really easy and fun to make, and |
| If you want to be really creative, you can make your | | | | your child will really enjoy using them. |
| own lacing cards. All you need is a picture, a laminating | | | | Keep in mind it may take your child awhile to get the |
| machine ($20 at Walmart), scissors, a hole punch, and | | | | hang of "sewing". At around three years of age, your |
| some yarn or a shoestring. | | | | child may only be able to push the yarn through the |
| First select a picture. You can find many children's | | | | holes but not understand the concept of threading it in |
| pictures online. Just search for pictures or drawings of | | | | and out of the holes. Just let them play with the cards |
| things that your child likes. If your child likes dinosaurs, | | | | and keep showing them how to do it. Eventually they |
| then you could make a set of dinosaur lacing cards. | | | | will catch on and they will enjoy spending hours lacing |
| After you find a picture, print it out and use the | | | | different pictures and patterns. |
| laminator to laminate it. Next use the scissors to cut | | | | |