Christmas Cars Cut and Glue Activity for Preschoolers

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Christmas Cars Cut and Glue Activity for Preschoolers

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This Christmas Cars Cut and Glue activity for preschoolers will change the routine offering them variety, so they don’t think they are doing the same type of activities. It is not as traditional as ornaments and trees but still allows them to work on their visual discrimination, concentration, one-to-one correspondence, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor skills, which are so important for them to develop.

Christmas Cars Cut and Glue Activity

This pretty activity requires very little prep time and effort. You just need to go to the bottom of this post and type your information to download your FREE printable and print each page using white paper. If you want to use it multiple times, print out all the pages on white cardstock, cut out the single squares with cars, and laminate everything.

The Christmas Cars Cut and Glue activity for preschoolers includes three mats with three cars each for a total of nine different cars and nine squares with the matching cars.

These are the materials you are going to need to get the activity ready:

• FREE Christmas Cars Cut and Glue activity (found at the end of this post).
• White paper or cardstock.
• Glue or glue sticks.
• Scissors.
• Laminator and laminator pouches (optional).

It is good to give your preschoolers options and keep them engaged and motivated to learn. With this in mind, you can offer them this Christmas Cars Cut and Glue matching activity as a:

• Small group activity.
• Math center option.
• Take home game.
• Quiet area option.

How to Use This Activity

This Christmas Cars Cut and Glue activity could be done in just a few steps, but it’s full of educational benefits for your children.  These are the steps to follow:

• Give the child the pages.
• Have the child cut one single-car square, find the matching picture on the mat, and paste it next to it.
• The child has to do the same with every single square until he or she finishes all the mats.

If you intend to use this activity multiple times, the children will have to match the cut-out cars and place them next to similar cars on the laminated mats.  The downside of this option is that your children will not have the extra fine motor practice that cutting and gluing will give them, which is the main intention of this printable.

Additional Suggestions

I know that letting your preschoolers lose with a glue bottle is super scary, and most of the time they finished with glue all over the table, the floor, and themselves. That is why I believe that when glue and cutting are involved, you should sit with your children in a small group setting, to supervise closely the use of glue and scissors, if you don’t want to clean a huge mess or deal with an angry parent because a child cut her precious daughter’s hair. 

Now, if your preschoolers don’t have too much practice using glue bottles, you can always let them use glue sticks.  It will do the same function without the mess and will give them the practice they need to handle glue bottles better later on.

Christmas Books for Preschoolers

I know I sound like a broken record but reading stories to your children is so important, that the lack of this practice will not allow your children to develop important skills to their full potential, such as language, vocabulary, imagination, reading, and writing, among others.

You should always add books related to your theme or season to your library, book baskets, and centers.  These are some suggestions for good books you can use during Christmas.  You can find them all at your local library, used bookstores, and Amazon.

If you like to add some to your collection permanently, you just have to click on the titles to go directly to Amazon, through my links.

• All I Want for Christmas Is Ewe by Ross Rossner.  Combining beautiful illustrations, charming animal puns, and the evergreen message of love, this book is a marvelous way to celebrate the season and share your love for each other.

• ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas on the Farm by Craig Manning.  In this Christmas picture book for kids, readers will love sharing in the excitement before Santa Claus arrives in this charming twist on the classic holiday story filled with sweet farm animals, delightful rhymes, and beautiful illustrations.

• The Christmas Wish by Lori Ever.  Long ago, a brave little girl named Anja wanted to be one of Santa’s elves. So she leaves a note for her family and helps her elderly neighbor prepare for the holiday, then she straps on her skis and heads out into the snowy landscape.  A generous trim size, matte cover, extraordinary photographs, and foiled title make this a special book for the holiday season.

• Little Red Sleigh by Erin Guendelsberger.  This heartwarming book is full of winter joy and Christmas magic and will remind you and your kids that no dream is out of reach if you believe.

• The Littest Christmas Tree by R. A. Herman.  There are only five days until Christmas, and the Littlest Christmas Tree is still waiting for a home, then, on Christmas Eve, its wish comes true when the man who runs the Christmas tree stand takes it home to his family.

• A Silly Milly Christmas by Sheri Wall. With plenty of rhyming and repetition, this book is perfect for reading aloud, early learning, and animal lovers everywhere.

Pin It For Later

If you are in a rush and don’t have time to read the post and download the printable but want to save it for later, pin this to your Christmas board on Pinterest, and will be ready to use when you need it.

Then check out my other activities for Christmas and Winter at the end of this post.  They are very educational and fun and also come with FREE printables for you to enjoy and add to your collection. 

Don’t forget to download your printable.  You only have to type your information on the link below, for an immediate download.

Be happy, safe, and creative. I wish you well.

Love,

P.S. Please let me know if this activity works for you, and if you would like to see an article or a printable about how to make something specific, please let me know and I will try my best to create it for you. My goal is to help you in any way I can and I don’t like anything better than to post something that you might find useful.

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