Free Rainbow Fine Motor Mat Printables

Rainbows are a great theme for spring and Saint Patrick’s Day. The free Rainbow Fine Motor Mat Printables are a great way to add in some fine motor work during the spring months.

You can use them 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 making rainbows.

You will find 6 rainbow fine motor mats: rainbow tracing, rainbow template mat, rainbow q-tip and rainbow dot markers.

The Rainbow Fine Motor Mats is a great addition to the rainbow printables and Saint Patrick’s Day 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.

Rainbow Fine Motor Mats

You have six rainbow fine motor mats. You have rainbow tracing mats, rainbow template mats, rainbow q-tip mat, and rainbow dot marker mat. These add a little fine motor fun for a rainbow theme or Saint Patrick’s Day theme.

Rainbow Template Printable

You have two rainbow template printables. You have one with space for 6 colors and one with space for four colors. You have two sizes to work with different ages of kids. These are great for rainbow coloring, rainbow playdough mats, and rainbow crafts.

Rainbow Tracing Printable

You have two rainbow tracing printables. You have the same sizes as the rainbow template. This allows for fine motor work in tracing the lines.

Rainbow Q-Tip Printable

You have a rainbow q-tip printable the rainbow template has small circles for each color for kids to use q-tip or cotton swabs to dot the colors.

Rainbow Dot Marker Printable

You have the bigger rainbow with circles for dot markers to dot. You can also use colored stickers or circle punches on the dots as well.

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Things to use with the Rainbow 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

Ways to Use the Rainbow Fine Motor Mats Printables

You will see a few ways to use the rainbow fine motor mats with kids. These fine motor mats are very flexible and fun for kids.

Ways to use the Rainbow Template Printable

You will see a few suggestions on how you an use the rainbow template mat.

Color the Rainbow Fine Motor Printable

A great way to use this mat is to color the rainbow with crayons or markers. It is super simple to do and you can work on staying in the lines while coloring.

You can see a crayon coloring below, but markers would also work great. You can use either of the rainbow fine motor templates for this coloring activity.

Make a Torn Paper Rainbow

You can use construction paper and a glue stick and make a torn paper rainbow with the rainbow template mat. You can see how easy it is to tear up the paper and the glue it on the paper.

It makes a great rainbow craft for kids.

Use the Rainbow Template Printable as Playdough Mat

You can also use the rainbow templates as playdough mats for kids. They can make playdough snakes line the colors of the rainbow.

You can use the small space rainbow for kids that have better fine motor control and the bigger space rainbow for kids who are just working on fine motor control.

Ways to Use the Rainbow Tracing Printable

You will see a few different ways to use the rainbow tracing printable. And you can always use the rainbow tracing printable that works best for you.

Trace and Color Rainbow Tracing Printable

You can use a pencil and trace and then color the rainbow. You can see below on of the tracing mats and a pencil.

If you have issues with holding the pencil while tracing, you can use a pencil grip. They are great for helping with pencil control.

Trace Rainbow with Markers

You can use fine line markers and have fun by tracing each of the lines of the rainbow a different color. A great activity for kids working on prewriting.

Reuse the Trace Rainbow Tracing Printable

You can reuse the rainbow training printable by putting the rainbow tracing page in a sheet protector and then use dry erase markers to trace the lines.

You can also put it in a fine motor binder and use it over and over this year.

Ways to use the Rainbow Dot Marker Printable

You are going to see a few suggestions on how to use the rainbow dot marker mat printable.

Dot Marker the Rainbow Printable

You can use any color of dot markers you want to dot on the dot marker rainbow. It is a super simple way to use this rainbow dot marker printable.

They fit perfectly for the circles on the rainbow. And you can make a fun fine motor center for kids for St. Patrick’s day or just for spring.

Finger Paint the Rainbow Dot Marker Printable

You can also use your fingers on the rainbow dot marker printable and have kids use a different color for each rainbow arch. It would make a fun painting craft and great for hand eye coordination for painting each of the dots.

Ways to use the Rainbow Q-Tip Printable

You will see a few suggestions for how to use these printables and items you can use with the rainbow q-tip mats.

Q-Tip Paint the Rainbow Printable

You can start by getting washable paints, a paint tray and q-tip to paint the rainbow.

You can see how fun and great it turns our and it is a great way to work on colors of the rainbow and fine motor at the same time.

Mini Dot Markers the Rainbow Printable

You can also use the mini dot markers on the q-tip printable. They fit perfect for the size of the circles for kids to use.

You can use the colors of the rainbow or just the colors you have. It a great way to work in fine motor skills.

What you will find in the Free Rainbow Fine Motor Mat Printables

• 2 Rainbow Templates
• 2 Rainbow Tracing Mats
• 1 Rainbow Q-Tip Mats
• 1 Rainbow Dot Marker Mats
• 6 pages

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Spring Fine Motor Mat Printable Set

You have 9 fun spring fine motor mats together in a fun bundle.

Click here to buy the Spring Fine Motor Mat Printables at Teachers Pay Teachers

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

Click here to buy the Spring Fine Motor Mat Printables at Teachers Pay Teachers

More Rainbow Printables & Activities for Kids

Romping & Roaring R Pack: Rainbow is a super easy rainbow letter r pack for kids to work on. You have rainbow coloring pages, rainbow matching puzzles, rainbow prewriting and more in the letter r is for rainbow pack.

Washi Tape Rainbow Wreaths is a great wreath for spring time. It has all the colors of the rainbow.

Rainbow Number Dot Marker & Counting has numbers 0 to 20 with color and black and white options. You have a number marker number and then matching dots on the rainbow to count.

Yarn Rainbow Craft is a great craft for fine motor work with cutting and gluing. Plus yarn is a fun craft to use. You make a great rainbow that stands out on paper.

Dot Marker Rainbow is part of the St. Patrick’s Day dot marker set. There is a color rainbow and a letter dot marker as well.

Check out all the fun Rainbow Printables & Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com