Cut the grass and see what is hiding underneath. This Spring fine motor activity is perfect for children aged 2 years and up. This play idea is perfect for kids who need to practice their scissor skills in a fun and easy way. Get your free copy of the Cut the Grass printable below.
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Spring Fine Motor Activities
Spring Fine Motor Activities are essential for every Spring themed curriculum. These are some of my favorite play ideas to help toddlers, preschoolers and kindergartners to develop fine motor skills while they play.
Vegetable Garden Fine Motor Activity – This is another free printable for you to download, as well as one of my favorite fine motor activities for kids. Glue the vegetables onto some craft sticks and plant them into a tissue box garden. This is a wonderful way to talk about healthy food and how plants grow.
Spring Bugs Fine Motor Activity – Turn dot stickers into cute garden bugs. Then stick the bugs onto a toilet roll garden scene. This can be used purely as a fine motor activity for toddlers, or a number matching activity for preschool and kindergarten.
Bee fine motor activity – This activity starts with bee tongs flying around a garden of cupcake liner flowers. The flowers are filled with yellow rainbow rice which acts as pollen while in the flowers. Transfer the pollen into the beehive and turn it into honey.
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Materials Needed
- Free Cut the Grass Printable found below.
- Green Craft Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
How to make a Cut the Grass Activity
Step 1: Download and print your copy of the Cut the Grass printable below.
This is optional, to make it easier to prepare for a whole class. However you can also use coloring pages, or insect stickers to make a hidden scene underneath the grass.
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2. Take a piece of green craft paper and cut it into strips. Make sure not to cut all the way through, stopping 1 inch before the edge of the paper.
I found it very easy to cut several pieces of paper at once. Grouping pages before cutting will make it faster to prepare this activity.
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3. Glue the 1 inch strip at the bottom of each page together. Make sure the grass is covering the printable picture so that the kids can’t see the picture at first glance.
4. When the glue is dried, give the kids some scissors and talk about what they find. As they cut the grass they will discover plants and insects hiding underneath.
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Cut The Grass
Cut the grass and see what is hiding underneath. This Spring fine motor activity is perfect for children aged 2 years and up. This play idea is perfect for kids who need to practice their scissor skills in a fun and easy way. Get your free copy of the Cut the Grass printable below.
Materials
- Free Cut the Grass Printable found below.
- Green Craft Paper
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions
- Download and print your copy of the Cut the Grass printable.
This is optional, to make it easier to prepare for a whole class. However you can also use coloring pages, or insect stickers to make a hidden scene underneath the grass. - Take a piece of green craft paper and cut it into strips. Make sure not to cut all the way through, stopping 1 inch before the edge of the paper.
I found it very easy to cut several pieces of paper at once. Grouping pages before cutting will make it faster to prepare this activity. - Glue the 1 inch strip at the bottom of each page together. Make sure the grass is covering the printable picture so that the kids can’t see the picture at first glance.
- When the glue is dried, give the kids some scissors and talk about what they find. As they cut the grass they will discover plants and insects hiding underneath.