Lacing Back to School Cards | Threading Fine Motor Skills Activity

Build fine motor skills with these Back to School Lacing Cards, designed for preschool, kindergarten, and special education learners. This hands-on fine motor activity includes 34 school-themed pictures that students can lace and thread using yarn, string, or shoelaces. Cards may also be printed in black and white for hole punch practice, cutting, and coloring, making this set ideal for differentiated instruction and therapy-based learning.

Each card features clearly marked holes to support hand-eye coordination, bilateral coordination, and visual tracking, while allowing teachers to use the same resource in multiple ways. Use laminated cards for reusable lacing centers or print the black-and-white version for punch-and-color fine motor practice.

What’s Included

34 school-themed images: Apple, Backpack,Book, Calculator, Case, Case w/ Supplies, Clip, Colored Pencil, Computer, Crayon, Eraser, Globe, Glue, Greenboard, Highlighter, Lunchbox, Notebook, Paintbrush, Paper, Pen, Pencil Sharpener, Pencil, Pencil Holder (2), Pushpin, Ruler (2), School Bus, School, Tape, Scissors, Watercolor, and Whiteboard

Cards print 2 per full page (half-page size)

34 color cards

34 black-and-white cards

Printable PDF format

Ways to Use

• Laminate and lace with yarn, string, shoelaces, or pipe cleaners

• Print in black and white for cut, punch, and color activities

• Use for fine motor centers, small groups, or early finishers

• Differentiate instruction using the same set of cards

Skills Targeted

• Fine motor strength

• Hand-eye coordination

• Bilateral coordination

• Visual tracking

• Pre-writing skills

Perfect For

• Preschool and kindergarten classrooms

• Special education and autism support

• Occupational therapy and early intervention

• Back to school centers and classroom activities

Teacher-Friendly Prep

• Print and laminate for reusable lacing cards

• Or print black and white for no-lamination punch and color practice

Materials needed: scissors, hole punch, and lacing tools.

This Back to School fine motor resource offers multiple ways to use the same cards, making it a flexible, low-prep addition to classroom centers, beginning-of-year activities, and therapy sessions.

This is a digital download. No physical product will be shipped. 

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Keywords: fine motor skills, lacing cards, back to school, school activities, threading activity, scissor skills, hand eye coord, bilateral coord, visual tracking, pre writing skills, special education, autism learning, OT activities