Free Printable Christmas Pattern Block Mats
These free printable Christmas pattern block mats are a great ‘print and go’ activity to celebrate the holiday season!
Make a Christmas tree, a present, a reindeer, and a Christmas decoration with these easy to print, Christmas pattern block templates.
This pattern block set is a fun way to work on fine motor skills, math concepts and more. Preschoolers and kindergartners will love love combing shapes to create fun Christmas images.
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Pattern blocks come in standard sizes and shapes -yellow hexagons, orange squares, red trapezoids, blue parallelograms, white rhombuses, and green triangles, and can be used in lots of fun ways.
Playing with pattern blocks is great for building fine motor skills and working on eye-hand co-ordination. They also offer lots of opportunities to work on visual discrimination, spatial reasoning and problem solving along with lots of math skills such as shape recognition and beginning geometry skills.
There are so many great ways to use pattern blocks with your kids!
Want more Christmas Pattern Blocks?
Get the full set of 8 different Christmas themed pattern block mats that come in four different styles – full colour, black and white shape outlines, black and white picture outline, and full colour with counting blocks section. Plus get a set of mini challenge cards too!
Find them in our shop for just $3
Christmas Pattern Block Mats
To use the Christmas pattern block templates simply print out the pattern block mats (scroll down for the printable links below) and grab a set of pattern blocks – this set from Melissa and Doug are great for at home, or this big container of pattern blocks is perfect for the classroom.
These magnetic pattern blocks are a great option for very young children as they lessen the frustration of the blocks moving around, and they’d be great for travel too! You can put the printable pattern block templates over the magnetic base and then build on top.
For Preschoolers
Preschoolers and young children who are just beginning with pattern blocks will find the coloured pattern block templates the easiest the use.
These pattern block mats print to scale (see the printing instructions) so children can place the correct block directly onto the mat, copying the design to make the picture.
For Older Kids
Depending on their level and experience, older kids will enjoy using the coloured pattern block mats, or the outline pattern blocks for an extra challenge.
The outline pattern block mats print to scale (see below for printing instructions) so kids can build the pictures directly onto the mat, but they require a little extra thinking to decide which block fits the shape without the colours to help. This extra challenge is great for working on spatial awareness.
Tips and Extension Ideas
- Notice and name the colours of each pattern block, point out that each shape is the same colour.
- Show beginners how to flip and rotate the pattern blocks to fit.
- Notice and name the shapes of the pattern blocks. For older kids you can also count the sides of each shape.
- Count the number of each shape used to create each picture.
- Encourage your kids to come up with their own Christmas themed pattern block designs.
Free Printable Christmas Pattern Block Templates
There are four different Christmas pattern block templates to choose from – a Christmas tree, Christmas present, Christmas bauble and a reindeer. Each one comes in a full colour version and a version that is just the outlines.
These Christmas pattern block mats are made to scale, so the blocks printed on the templates are the same size as the actual pattern blocks, this means children can build on top of the mats if they would like to.
They are ready to print and go, simply click on the blue link in the box below each pattern block mat image to download it.
Instructions for Printing Pattern Block Mats
These printable pattern block mats are all A4 sized pdf files, you will need a pdf reader such as adobe acrobat to open them. They will fit to print on US ‘letter sized’ paper.
Please choose ‘Actual Size’ from your printer settings. Do not select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer settings regardless of what size paper you are using. If you get a message saying ‘image is larger than the paper’s printable area’ you can safely ignore this so that the pattern block mats print at the correct size.
Please remember that the printables at picklebums.com are for personal use only, you may not sell, share, or link directly to these files.
Christmas Tree Pattern Block Mat – Colour
This Christmas tree pattern block mat is a fun and easy picture for kids to make.
Christmas Tree Pattern Block Mat – Outlines
This Christmas tree pattern block template with outlines is challenging!
Christmas Decoration Pattern Block Mat – Colour
Make a Christmas decoration with this fun pattern block mat.
Christmas Decoration Pattern Block Mat – Outlines
Challenge your kids to make a Christmas decoration with just the outlines.
Christmas Present Pattern Block Mat – Coloured
Build a wrapped up Christmas present with this fun pattern block template.
Christmas Present Pattern Block Mat – Outlines
Challenge your kids to make this present from just outlines!
Reindeer Pattern Block Mat – Coloured
Have fun making a pattern block reindeer to pull Santa’s sleigh!
Reindeer Pattern Block Mat – Outlines
Make an fun reindeer with this outlines only pattern block mat
More Pattern Block Activities.
Full Set of Christmas Pattern Block Mats
Get even more Christmas pattern block mats with the full set of 8 different holiday themed pattern block mats!
Each mat comes in four different styles – full colour, black and white shape outlines, black and white picture outline, and full colour with counting blocks section.
Plus a bonus set of mini challenge cards that print four to a page!
Find them in our shop for just $3
Playing with pattern blocks is a fun and easy maths and fine motor activity and there are so many fun ways to use them! Try one of these pattern block ideas:
