Free Cat & Mouse Lacing Cards Printable Activity

Your kids will love this hands on activity, simply print, cut, punch, and thread the cards with a string!

Sewing cards are an awesome way to help your kids learn to practice their fine motor skills. There are so many benefits to using lacing cards, which is why I have made so many different ones for my kids! (Check out this list of over 25 printable lacing cards!)

They are fun to integrate into your homeschool or classroom, and these free printables can be used again and again.

Your kids might also like to practice hole punching with your supervision!

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About The Sewing Cards

Recommended for kids ages 3-9. Make sure to supervise younger kids around long string.

Sewing cards (AKA lacing cards or threading cards) that you purchase come with a shoelace that is perfect for threading because of the plastic tip.

At home, we use a piece of yarn or ribbon with a piece of tape wrapped around the end!

Supplies & Materials Needed

Printed Sewing cards (See my printing recommendations below)
Scissors
Standard handheld office hole punch (1/4 inch hole size)
Yarn or ribbon with the ends taped about 1-2 inches (or you can use a real shoelace!)

Cat and Mouse sewing cards, threading cards, lacing cards free printables with scissors on table

How To Download & Print Your Cards

To download the free sewing cards, simply enter your email into the box below and I will send the file to your email inbox. The file is a 2 page PDF, in full color.

To make sure your cards are reusable, they need to be made on sturdy paper. Here are some options:

Print them on cardstock and laminate them
Print them on regular paper and glue them to a thicker craft cardboard
Take the file to a print shop so they can laminate it for you

Whatever you use, make sure the material is sturdy, yet thin enough to punch holes through.

When printing the cards at home, I recommend selecting the “fit to printable area” option, just to make sure nothing gets cut off.

Cat & Mouse Sewing Card Instructions

Print and laminate the cards (or glue them on board) as described above.

Then, punch out the white holes with a handheld hole punch.

punching the holes on a cat lacing sewing card printable

The holes fit a standard 1/4 inch hold puncher. (I had to use a heart shape one because my regular one is lost!)

Now your card is ready to play with!

You can tie a knot on one end of the string so it doesn’t slide through, or let them have the string loose so they can use both sides of it.

Conclusion

These printables are totally free for you to use in your home, homeschool, or classroom! (Just don’t sell them!)

I hope you enjoy helping your kids learn to sew. If you liked this activity, make sure to check out my other sewing card printables and share this post on Pinterest!