Ice Cream Tracing

Fine motor skills are important for many activities at school, such as writing, creating art, problem solving in science and technology and engaging in math games and activities. Tracing pictures is a great way to help children develop their fine motor skills - especially for writing. It requires them to use their small muscles in their hands and fingers to control a pencil or crayon.

Use our ice cream tracing pages for a fun summer activity that is perfect for kindergarten students! Ice creams are a familiar and beloved subject, and this pack includes pages that have a variety of lines styles and arrangements that make them idea for early handwriting development. 

Here are the steps with some tips:

Gather your materials. 

You will need:

• ice cream pages
• pencils or crayons
• paper

Choose a picture of an ice cream that you want to trace.

• Place the picture of the ice cream on solid surface or desk.
• Hold a pencil or crayon in your dominant hand.
• Start tracing the outline of the ice cream, using your other hand to steady the paper.
• Trace the ice cream slowly and carefully
• When you are finished tracing the ice cream outline, start on the internal details or face. Draw your own if using a blank ice cream.
• Finish by painting with watercolors if you like!

Tracing pictures of ice creams is a simple and fun activity that can help children develop their fine motor skills. It is also a great way to encourage creativity and imagination!

Here are some more ice cream themed activities to interest your children over summer.

Ice cream sensory play: 

Fill a sensory bin with rice, water, or sand and add ice cream scoops, plastic cups, and other ice cream-related toys.

Ice cream drawing: 

 Let kids draw an ice cream on paper or canvas.

Ice cream sundae bar: 

Set up a sundae bar with different toppings and let kids build their own sundaes.

Ice cream relay race: 

Divide kids into teams and have them race to pass an ice cream ball or spoon from one person to the next until everyone on the team has had a turn.

Find more of our Ice Cream themed printable learning resources over on the website.