Back to School Lacing Cards

These back to school lacing cards are a fun way to get some fine motor practice underway for your preschooler or kindergarten student.

Get into the back to school spirit with these printable lacing cards. It’s a fun mixture of school pictures and monsters, how can that go wrong?

Get your child to use a string or shoelace and thread them through the holes on the fun characters. This is also a good precursor if you’re going to teach your child to sew. It’s also a great fine motor skill activity as well that will have them using their hands while also learning how to pay attention and follow directions.

Watch how they concentrate and focus their attention on getting the shoelace through the tiny hole. Fine motor skills are a great skill to work on as they learn to write.

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Back to School Lacing Cards

These lacing cards are such a fun exercise that is a good brain break from other forms of learning. Not only that, but it really does work on their hand-eye coordination as well.

And the best part? It takes minimal effort to set up and get ready on your part. Just gather up the list of supplies needed for this lacing craft to get started.

Lacing Card Supplies

Paper or cardstock
One hole puncher
Laminator or contact paper
Scissors
Laces or string

1InTheOffice Ticket 1-Hole Puncher – Single Hole Punch – Metal Hole Punchers – One Hole Puncher Heavy Duty – 5 Sheet Capacity, Silver (2 Pack)Neenah Bright White Cardstock, 8.5”x11”, 65lb/176 gsm, Bright White, 75 Sheets (90905)AmazonBasics Thermal Laminator Scotch Thermal Laminating Pouches, 8.9 x 11.4 -Inches, 3 mil thick, 100-Pack (TP3854-100)

Directions for these Back to School Lacing Cards

Print the lacing cards onto paper or cardstock, cut them out, laminate them to make them more durable so you can use them again. Then use the one hole punch to add holes where the laces would go.

I have a laminator that I absolutely love, it allows me to reuse printables so I can save on paper and ink. I have a printer that uses the HP Instant Ink program which I love because I don’t need to worry about ink anymore and I can print as much as I need.

Store the lacing cards in a large Ziploc bag or bin where your kids can use them independently. It’s a wonderful activity to add to a busy bag to keep kids occupied if your working with older siblings or other students.

We also take these with us on trips or to appointments as a way to keep hands and minds busy when there’s downtime to use.

Recommended Back to School Books for Kids

Help your child get ready to go back to school with these fun back to school books. It’s hard to transition from their summer schedule back into school mode so it’s best to get started early.

We love to sit down together and dive into books each and every day. Books are such a simple way to ease back into a routine and allow your child to use their mind and imagination to have creativity and fun.

First Day Jitters (Mrs. Hartwell’s Classroom Adventures)How I Spent My Summer Vacation (Dragonfly Books)This School Year Will Be the BEST!What If Everybody Did That?The Recess Queen Splat the Cat: Back to School, Splat!