Elf Dot Marker Printables

Elf dot marker printables are especially handy during the holiday season when you want something simple yet engaging that keeps little hands busy. These pages bring together letters, numbers, fine-motor work, and simple holiday pictures for kids to fill with colorful dots.

They’re perfect for toddlers and preschoolers who are still developing hand-eye coordination and fine motor control. If you’re looking for more seasonal options, don’t forget to check out other do a dot printables.

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Christmas Do A Dot Printables

These elf-themed printables bring together several activities, each with its own focus, so kids can practice multiple concepts without feeling repetitive. There are five elf-themed worksheets in this set, including:

Dot The Letter ‘Ee’

You can have them start by working on this letter recognition activity. It features a large letter E at the top, both uppercase and lowercase, along with a small elf illustration. Below the title is a grid of circles, each containing a letter. 

Young learners can dot all the E’s they find, which helps them distinguish between different letters and reinforces what they’re learning about the alphabet.

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Dot The Number Page

At the bottom, there’s a row of colorful elves, each paired with a number from 1 to 8.

It asks little learners to dot a column of circles to match a number shown, which supports number recognition, simple counting, and one-to-one correspondence.

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Dot The Elf Activity

Children can use their dot markers to fill in the white circles scattered across the character’s hat, outfit, and body. It gives them a chance to practice hand control and spatial awareness.

There’s no right or wrong here, so it’s great for building confidence and letting kids enjoy the creative process. 

This one comes in colorful and black-and-white versions, so it also encourages creativity, hand strength, and the ability to work across a larger picture.

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Fine Motor Practice Page

Here, you have a simple yet very meaningful practice page that gives them the chance to strengthen their little hands and fingers. It features a horizontal fine motor activity with circles arranged to form simple tracing paths. 

Fun Santa Paper Bag Puppet Craft

Small elves stand at the start and end of each row, which can encourage children to complete each line. It can improve their pencil grip and hand control, both of which are important for future writing skills.

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Christmas Books For Kids

Dasher: This wonderfully illustrated Christmas book for kids gives you the back story on one of Santa’s favorite reindeer, Dasher! Girls will especially love to read this since Dasher is a girl.

Construction Site On Christmas Night: Fans of the fun characters of the construction site books have to add this Christmas-themed story to their collection. See how the trucks get ready for Christmas!

How To Catch An Elf: Kids everywhere love the silliness of this Christmas story. The rhymes and the illustrations will draw the kids in as well. This is a Christmas book kids will want to read every year!

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Christmas Craft Printables For Kids

Reindeer Clothespin Craft – Here’s a charming project that turns an ordinary wooden clothespin into a friendly reindeer. They will glue together a simple reindeer face, antlers, and body, then attach the clothespins as the antlers. 

The motions required to complete it will reinforce fine motor skills, such as gripping small objects and applying glue with precision.

Related: Christmas Pattern Block Mats

Gingerbread Man Paper Plate Craft – Transform an everyday plate into a smiling gingerbread with this DIY. Children paint or color the plate, then add eyes, bows, and frosting details to help them follow the steps in order. 

Toddlers can also personalize their gingerbread man with different colors and patterns, which encourages decision-making and self-expression.

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Grinch Puppet Craft – From a brown paper bag, you can help little ones make their own version of the famous Christmas character. 

Kiddos color or paint the bag green, then add facial features like eyes, a nose, and the Grinch’s signature mischievous grin. In the end, they’ll have a puppet that becomes a playful storytelling tool for imaginative play.

Elf Photo Craft – Let young ones see what they’d look like as Santa’s little helpers with this project! You can help them cut out the decorative shapes from the template and let them assemble the pieces with their own photos. 

Personal artwork like this supports confidence and gives them a chance to express their personality with a sweet keepsake that you can display at home.

Preschool Christmas Activities

Looking for an exciting, holiday-themed game that also builds visual memory and attention skills? Our printable Christmas matching game is just what you need! 

Simply print them out and cut them into separate cards, and you’ll easily have a fun tool for a cozy holiday-themed activity to revisit throughout December.

Try this Grinch Paper Plate Craft

Our reindeer tracing worksheets are a bundle of gentle practice pages for young learners. The designs include dashed lines that preschoolers can follow with their fingers, crayons, or pencils. 

There’s a simpler task of outlining straight or curved paths, tracing the letter “Rr,” or completing a reindeer drawing. Tracing also builds muscle memory, which makes it easier for them to form letters and shapes on their own later.

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Give them more chances to use bingo daubers or dot markers with our gingerbread man do a dot worksheets.

There’s also a variety of activities in this set to improve their letter and number recognition, while the dotting motion strengthens finger muscles.

Here’s another fun holiday activity idea from Fun-A-Day for Christmas sensory play, inviting preschoolers to explore textures and materials. Many setups include items like jingle bells, pretend snow, holiday scoops, or themed loose parts. 

Sensory play also encourages curiosity and gives young ones a chance to ask questions and make observations about the world around them.

Snowman Gingerbread Man Disguise Craft

Free Elf Dot Marker Printables

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