Free Tulip Fine Motor Mat Printables
Tulips are a great theme for spring and flowers for kids. The free flower Fine motor Mat Printables are a great way to add in some fine motor work during spring.
You can use the tulips for crafts, fine motor mat centers, and more. And you can use the mats that work best for you. And kids will have a blast.
You will find two variations of the tulips with 6 flower fine motor mats: tulip templates, tulip tracings, a tulip q-tip, and a tulip dot marker.
The Tulip Fine Motor Mat Printable is a part of the 20 Free Printables for May.
The Flower Fine Motor Mat Printables are a great addition to the flower printables on the site.
The Flower 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 flower 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.
Tulip Fine Motor Mat Printables
The tulip fine motor mats are a great spring and flower fine motor activity for spring. These come in two different types for kids to use a simple flower for younger kids and a more complex for older kids. You have a tulip template printables, a tulip tracing template printables, a tulip playdough cotton swab printable, and a tulip dot marker printable.
Tulip Flower Template Printables
You can see the two flower templates below. They are great for coloring, torn paper crafts, finger painting, and more.
Tulip Flower Tracing Printables
You can see two flower tracing templates. You can use the big flower for tot and preschool and the three flowers for prek and kindergarten.
Tulip Flower Q-Tip Printable
You have the three flowers with small dots that work perfectly for kids’ cotton swabs. These are great for kids who need a more complex challenge with a fine motor activity.
Tulip Flower Dot Marker Printable
You have the bigger tulip with dot markers filling the flower. This is a great way to work on fine motor skills for kids in tot and prek with dot markers or hands-on items.
Things to use with the Tulip Fine Motor Printables
- printer
- white copy paper
- colored paper
- colored pencils
- crayons
- dot marker
- markers
- pencil
- pencil grips – We love these!
- sheet protectors
- white cardstock
- dry erase markers
- playdough
- clear counters
- mini dot markers
- paint tray
- washable paints
- q-tip
Ways to Use the Tulip Fine Motor Mats Printables
You will see a few suggestions on ways to use the flower fine motor mats. And these are just suggestion you might have more ideas as well..
Ways to Use the Tulip Template Printable
You are going to see a few suggestion for this tulip template that can make fine motor fun.
Color the Tulip
You can use the tulip fine motor template and color the flower. You can use the big crayons for younger kids and smaller crayons and the three flowers for older kids.
You could even use markers or watercolors to color the flowers. You can make this as fun as you want.
Make a Torn Paper Flower Craft
You can use the either flower template and make a torn paper flower. It is super simple to do and fun for kids. And tearing the paper works great on fine motor skills for kids in prek and kindergarten. Construction paper works great for this craft.
You could also check out this paper tulip craft that would go great with these tulip fine motor mats.
Finger-paint the Flower
You can also use finger paints and finger paint the flower for younger kids. This is a great way to use it for tot and preschool age kids.
Don’t like fingerprinting, then use a clothespin and a cotton ball to paint the flower.
Use the Tulip Template for a Playdough Mat
You can put either flower template in a sheet protector and use it as a playdough mat. You can use different playdough colors for the flowers and green for the stem, leaves and ground. Another way to use the same printable.
Ways to Use the Tulip Tracing Printable
You are going to see a few tracing ideas for kids. Just remember these are suggestions and you can use them in ways that work for your kids.
Use the Tulip Tracing Printable with Crayons
You can pick which tulip you are using and then trace the tulip with crayons and then color with the crayon afterward. This is a great way to work on fine motor with tracing and then coloring.
Use the Tulip Tracing Printable with Marker
It is also fun to trace the tulip with markers. You can use green for the stem, leaves and ground and then bright colors for the flower.
Reuse the Tulip Tracing Printable
A great way to use the tracing page is to put the page in a sheet protector and use dry erase markers to trace the flowers.
Ways to Use the Tulip Dot Marker Printable
You will see a few suggestions of ways to use the tulip dot marker printables.
Use Dot Markers Tulip Dot Marker Printable
You can use any color of the dot markers you want for the flower. It is a great fine motor center worksheet that kids can do. It is fun for to do.
Reuse the Tulip Dot Marker Printable
You can use glass gems or clear counters on the dot marker flower. It is a great hands-on coordination activity for kids. You can use glass gems for kids that struggle with fine motor and clear counters for those that need a harder fine motor activity.
Glue Circles on the Tulip Dot Marker Printable
You can use a circle punch and glue circles on the dots on the tulip. The 3/4 of a inch circle punch works great for this.
Ways to Use the Tulip Q-Tip Printable
You will see a few ways to use the flower cotton swab printables with kids.
Use Cotton Swabs with the Tulip Cotton Swab Printables
You can use a q-tip and washable paints and paint the flowers. It is a great activity to paint the dots and the cotton swab with paint. And super fun for kids to do.
Use Mini Dot Marker with the Cotton Swab Printables
You can use mini dot markers on the flower q-tip printable. It is a great way to work on fine motor but with something bigger for kids to hold.
What you will find in the Free Tulip Flower Fine Motor Mat Printables
- 2 Flower Templates
- 2 Flower Tracing Mats
- 1 Flower Q-Tip Mat
- 1 Flower Dot Marker Mat
- 6 pages
Spring Fine Motor Mat Printable Set
You have 9 fun spring fine motor mats together in a fun bundle.
What you will find in the Spring Fine Motor Mats Printable Set
- 9 Fine motor mats with a mix of templates, tracing, dot marker, q-tip and playdough mats.
- Spring Fine Motor Mats: Baseball, Earth, Easter Egg, Ladybug, Rainbow, Raindrop, Tree, Tulip, dinosaur egg,
- 44 pages
- Price: $4
More Flower Printables for Kids
Flower No-Prep Weekly Packs is a set of no-prep packs with 5 day of printables and 4 pages for each day. They have a mix of math and language for each grade level. There are six levels of pack to pick from Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade.
Flower Activity Pack has prewriting, shapes, ABCs, and numbers all with fun flowers for kids to learn with. You will find no-prep worksheets, easy reader books, clip cards, and tracing strips. A fun set of printables to use in a learning center.
Flower Shape Tracing Printables has 9 shapes for kids to trace and color. This is a great no-prep flower shape printable.
Spring Dot Marker Flower Printables has 6 fun flowers in different colors for kids to dot or use with hands-on items. It is a great preschool and prek fine motor flower activity for kids.
Check out all the fun Flower Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
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