10 Awesome Activities to Strengthen Preschool Scissor Skills

Inside: Strengthen preschool scissor skills with these fun activities that go way beyond worksheets. Cut lines, play dough, flowers, paper, straws, and more! Perfect for the kitchen table or in the classroom.

Right around the age of 2 and 3, parents wonder if their children are ready to use scissors.

They ask for easy cutting activities that don’t require a lot of materials.

That can be done at home at the kitchen table, or at a small child’s desk.

So I went searching for a variety of scissor skills activities that go beyond worksheets.

Activities that young children will enjoy and want to do over and over again.

10 Awesome Activities to Strengthen Preschool Scissor Skills

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Printable Preschool Cutting Busy Box – For a quick table activity, display these colorful strips and allow toddlers to practice cutting on the lines. (Fun with Mama)

Summer Sun Cutting Cards – Download the free printable for a fun scissors activity!

Make a Sun – Toddlers will practice small snips, cutting until a stopping point with these bright summer suns. (A Dab of Glue Will Do)

Rainbow Straw Scissor Skills – This colorful bin creates a simple and fun sensory cutting activity for toddlers to snip pieces of straws. (Frogs Snails and Puppy Dog Tails)

Nature Cutting Tray – Allow your toddlers to practice cutting new textures with this cutting station of flowers, plants, and other nature materials. (Play, Teach, Repeat)

Paper Bag Haircuts – Toddlers will love giving these paper bag puppets “haircuts”, tying dramatic play into strengthening their fine motor skills. (Crafts on Sea)

Magazine Shape Hunt and Sort – Recycle your old magazines by having your preschoolers search for, cut out, and sort the shapes that they find on the pages. (Fun Learning for Kids)

Cutting Tray – Add scraps of paper to a tray for a fun and quiet fine motor activity. (Toddler Approved)

Easy Apple Suncatchers – Practice snipping smaller pieces of paper by creating these cute apple suncatchers. (Crafts on Sea)

Fine Motor Lantern Craft – Before young toddlers are fully able to control scissors, starting them out with hole punchers is a great way to strengthen small hands. (The OT Toolbox)

A Year of Scissor Activities

I often refer to this book, A Year of Scissor Activities, when planning scissor activities. Make sure to check out the section that shares the development of scissor skills. This especially helps me with my 2 year olds and young 3 year olds. There are also activities for each month of the year!

I was gifted a digital copy of this book, but it’s now available on Amazon.

CLICK HERE to find A Year Of Scissor Activities on Amazon!