• A printout of your own face in black and white
• Yellow and orange construction paper
• Scissors
• Stick glue
Children cut strips of paper to add a mane on their own photo
This activity aims at cutting straight lines.
• Scissors
• Tape
Children practice cutting straight lines several times and then create a sweet shooting star in honor of space day!
Continuing with our cutting skills we now practice cutting straight lines.
• Scissors
• Glue
• Tape
• Feather
Children are now going to practice cutting shapes with pointed corners, namely squares and triangles.
Children apply their ability to cut lines to now cut lines to cut out angled figures.
• Snake Spiral PDF printed on green card stock paper
• Scissors
Children cut the spiral to make a snake.
Children practice cutting spirals which is a great way to teach bilateral use of hands during cutting skills.
• Green Construction paper
• Hole puncher
• Pipe cleaner
• Markers
Children create a snake using contraction paper and pipe cleaner.
This is a great way to practice cutting on the line as well as strengthening hands with a hole puncher and then lacing!
• Snail template PDF printed on card stock paper
• Scissors
• Round stickers
• Glue
• 2 small wiggle eyes
• Tape
Cut out circles and stick them together to make a teetering snail!
Children practice the challenging skill of cutting out circles. The use of stickers in this activity works on neat pincer skills while giving them a visual cue where to cut.
• PDF of the neighborhood and the flames
• Glue
• Scissors
Children practice cutting straight lines. As they cut, they will reveal the neighborhood and save it from flames.
The goal of this activity is to have children practice cutting on straight lines.
• PDF for puffer fish on colored card stock paper
• Scissors
• White crayon
• 2 wiggle eyes
• Stapler or tape
• Glue
Make a puffer fish by cutting straight lines.
Children practice simple cutting skills by cutting out lines and triangles. They also get to practice finger isolation when drawing small circles.
• Scissors
• Glue
After snipping Play-Doh, we continue our cutting lesson by now sipping paper! Snip scales for your mermaid!
Children now learn to snip paper with the correct position of their hand using scissors.
• Circles PDF printed on card stock paper
• Round stickers
• Scissors
• glue
• popsicle stick
• pompom
By placing stickers around the circle, children work on neat pincer grasp. They use the stickers as a visual to know where to cut.
Children will practice cutting skills with particular attention to cutting out a circle. They will learn to coordinate both hands simultaneously.