This LACING PINEAPPLE CRAFT is the perfect Summer craft idea for kids to build fine motor skills! It comes with two FREE PRINTABLE PINEAPPLE CRAFT TEMPLATES to choose from. You can either pick the ready coloured pineapple or a black and white version to colour in yourself.
This pineapple lacing craft is a fun first introduction to sewing skills. Kids thread their favourite coloured yarn in a criss cross to make their pineapple picture. They can even lace the green pineapple tops too.
Scroll down to get your free pineapple template, grab your hole puncher and lets craft up some fruity fine motor skill fun!
If you’re looking for more lacing crafts for preschoolers or toddlers take a peek at some of our other threading activities. You’ll love our Apple and Worm Lacing Craft, Handprint Acorn Threading and our fun Woven Sharks.
If you fancy making some pineapple art you’ll love Bubble Wrap Pineapple Painting from Non Toy Gifts.
Fun Threading Pineapple Craft Idea
Supplies To Make Pineapple Paper Lacing Crafts:
- Free Printable Lacing Pineapple Craft Template (Click the pink link towards the end of this post to get yours.)
- White Printer Cardstock
- Marker Pens or Paint (Optional)
- Colourful Yarn
- Sticky Tape
- Single Hole Puncher
- Glue
How To Make Laced Paper Pineapples
1 – Download and print the free pineapple craft templates. (Click the pink link towards the end of this post to get yours.)
2 – If you are choosing the black and white pineapples, colour them in or paint them.
3 – Use your single hole puncher to punch out the threading holes around the edge of the pineapple pieces. Their position is marked for your convenience.
4 – Sticky tape a length of colourful yarn to the back of the paper pineapple. Thread the yarn through the punched holes to follow the printed lines. Younger children might like to thread randomly. (Top tip: to aid threading wrap a little sticky tape around the end of the yarn to make it rigid.)
5 – When you have finished lacing your fruit pieces sticky tape the end of the yarn to the back.
6 – Glue the pineapple top to the pineapple fruit and your lacing craft is ready to go on display!
Click here to get your free printable Pineapple Craft Template.
You can print the instructions only below. (You need to click the pink link above to get your printable craft template.)
You can print the pineapple craft instructions below.
More Fun Summer Crafts To Try:
Lacing Pineapple Craft
Develop fine motor skills this Summer with a fun Pineapple Lacing Craft.
Materials
- Free Printable Lacing Pineapple Craft Template
- Marker Pens or Paint (Optional)
- Yarn
- Sticky Tape
- Single Hole Puncher
- Glue
Instructions
- Download and print the free pineapple craft templates.
- If you are choosing the black and white pineapples, colour them in or paint them.
- Use your single hole puncher to punch out the threading holes around the edge of the pineapple pieces. Their position is marked for your convenience.
- Sticky tape a length of yarn to the back of the paper pineapple. Thread the yarn through the punched holes to follow the printed lines. Younger children might like to thread randomly. (Top tip: to aid threading wrap a little sticky tape around the end of the yarn to make it rigid.)
- When you have finished lacing your fruit pieces sticky tape the end of the yarn to the back.
- Glue the pineapple top to the pineapple fruit and your lacing craft is ready to go on display!