These simple and creative ideas and activities for teaching scissor skills are the perfect addition to your classroom or therapy bag! Kids will love learning this skills through unique, hands-on, interactive activities.
Tips & Activities for Teaching Scissor Skills
Use these tips and activities to introduce scissor skills in a new way, promoting skills like visual motor integration, grasp, and bilateral coordination!
Teaching Kids How to Use Scissors
Find all of our best tips and strategies for teaching kids how to cut with scissors!
DIY Cutting Practice Box
This awesome box is perfect for therapy sessions, classroom centers, or for parents to take on-the-go to practice cutting!
Beginner Cutting Skills for Toddlers & Young Kids
Working with younger kids and toddlers? This is a great place to get started with practicing the open/close motion needed for cutting.
Creative Cutting Practice for Kids
These ideas will help kids build the foundation skills they need to be successful with scissors.
Quick Tip for Scissor Practice
We love this quick idea for practicing cutting on a line- great for OTs to try in their next session!
Fun & Simple Cutting Practice Idea
You may not have thought of using this fun school supply to practice cutting! Give it a try!
Vehicle Cutting Activity
Working on hand positioning while cutting? Keeping those thumbs up can be tricky! This fun activity will provide a visual and tactile cue!
Tape Mazes Cutting Activity
Another great way to provide visual and tactile cues to kids who are learning how to cut on lines and cut out shapes.
Meet Me in the Middle Cutting Activity
A fun and engaging partner cutting challenge! Kids will love working with a friend in this creative activity!
Hands On Math Activities: Math Cutting Cards (Free Printable)
If you need a hands-on way to practice those math facts, this activity is the one! A great way to work on cutting on lines while also getting some cutting practice.
Cutting Worksheets: Scissor Mazes for Kids (Free Printable)
These colorful, creative mazes are great for kids who are learning to maneuver their paper while cutting out shapes.
Letter & Number Identification Cutting Practice Road Maps (Free Printable)
Another fun learning activity that targets those scissor skills too!
Cutting Crafts for Teaching Scissor Skills
Try some of these cutting crafts to give kids a purpose with their scissor skills! Themed and seasonal activities like these are the perfect way to keep kids’ interest!
Printable Winter Clothes Craft (Free Printable)
Fine Motor Heart Art (Free Printable)
Easy Valentine Crafts – Heart Spinners
Simple Sesame Street Cutting Craft
Snipped Up Christmas Tree Craft (Free Printable)
Super Simple Gingerbread Craft (Free Printable)
Winter Skier Cutting Craft (Free Printable)
What are your favorite scissor skill ideas? Leave them in the comments below!
