Christmas Scissor Skills – Easy Christmas Fine Motor
Celebrate the holidays with some fun Christmas fine motor activities for kids. This Christmas Scissor Skills will help toddlers and preschoolers to develop fine motor skills and best of all, you can get the templates for free.
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If you’re trying to get ready for this holiday season, and want some festive play ideas to try with your kids, then take a look at all of our Christmas activities for kids. Or you can invest in the Christmas Activity Pack, which is filled with educational printables for young kids.
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Materials Needed
- The Christmas Scissor Skills Free Printable found below.
- Paper (red, green yellow and white)
- Scissors
- A printer
How to set up a Christmas Scissor Skills Activity
1. Download the Free Christmas Scissor Skills Printable.
The printable includes pictures of a reindeer, snowman, christmas tree and a star. Each picture consists of an outline and dotted lines in various patterns for the children to cut along.
2. Print your pictures.
Each page has 4 copies of each picture on it. I did this for convenience, so that if you are preparing this activity for a class there is less preparation involved for the teacher.
It also means that you can print each of the pictures on a different color of paper. I used white, green, red and yellow. But of course, this isn’t necessary. You can also just print off all of the pictures with white paper and then let the children color in their pictures before cutting them out.
3. Cut them out.
The extent to which you cut out the pictures depends on the age group you teach and how you want to present the activity.
Preschoolers can cut out the shapes first, and then cut along the dotted lines. Toddler however, may need you to cut out the shapes first and then try the dotted lines themselves.
Another thing to remember with toddlers, is that they may not follow the lines at all. Mine didn’t care and just did her own thing. In which case there’s no point going through all that effort. The toddlers will still get all the benefit of practicing their scissor skills and can appreciate the pictures and increase their vocabulary along the way.
4. Enjoy playing.
More Christmas Fine Motor Activities
Are you looking for more Christmas themes fine motor activities to do with your kids? These play ideas can be used at home or in the classroom to develop fine motor skills. Either way, your kids will love learning through play with these fun and easy activities.
- DIY Christmas Tree Peg Board
- Count and Clip Christmas Lights Cards
- Push Pin Christmas Tree Activity
- Pine Cone Christmas Tree Activity
- Jingle Bell Drop Activity for Babies
For more ideas, take a look at all of our Christmas Fine Motor Activities for Kids
Christmas Activity Pack
Over 100 Pages of Christmas themed play based learning activities and craft templates. Perfect for preschool and kindergarteners.
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