This penguin shape sort activity is one of my post popular posts! We made these cute little penguins from construction paper and then matched foam shape stickers to each penguin. This activity is perfect for developing shape recognition and fine motor skills. But most importantly, it’s simply fun!! And you can scroll down for FREE printable versions of the activity too.
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This is what you will need:
Construction paper
Scissors
Glue stick
Googly eyes
Foam shape stickers
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This is what you will need to do:
1. Cut your penguin shapes and glue down some googly eyes.
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2. Sort your stickers to each penguin.
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If you would like a FREE printable version of this activity click this link:
Here is another fun and easy scissor skill activity for kids this Christmas. You can make your own cute Santa from a painted paper plate and some strips of paper, or you can print out my FREE printable worksheets below.
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This is what you will need to do:
1. Carefully cut some strips of paper. Remember that scissors are sharp and that you should always take care when using scissors!
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2. Paint a paper plate in the skin color of your choice. This plate will form Santa’s face. Once the paint is dry, use a glue stick to paste the strips of paper onto the plate.
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3. Cut a Santa hat and red nose from red colored construction paper.
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4. Glue the hat and nose onto the plate, and add some eyes.
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5. Take a pencil and curl Santa’s beard. This step is super fun.
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6. Glue some cotton balls onto Santa’s hat to finish.
This easy scissor skills activity is perfect for developing fine motor skills. You can make your own version of this activity with some scraps of colored paper or you can download my FREE printable worksheet to save time. Scroll down to find your copy.
1. Cut your paper into strips and paste a Christmas tree shape to the end of each strip. This will give your paper snipping activity direction. Once the glue is dry, draw some lines along the length of the strips with black marker pen. These lines can be straight, curved – anything that you like.
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2. Then grab some kids safety scissors and ask your kids to carefully snip along the lines.
Q-tip painting is a favorite activity of ours! It is relatively mess-free and is perfect for developing fine motor skills. This activity is the best way for kids, preschoolers and toddlers to practice shape, number and letter recognition. Best of all, it’s lots of fun!
Scroll down for your FREE printable shape, letter and number printable worksheets.
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This is what you will need:
Paint (I recommend washable kid paint!)
Q-tips
Free printable templates – scroll down and you will easily find these
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Shape Recognition and Tracing for Kids
1. Prepare your shape template. You can print my FREE printable worksheet here, or draw up your own.
This cute spider activity is perfect for helping kids learn about shapes and patterns this Halloween! Simply print out the templates below, snip the shapes carefully with scissors and then paste them onto the spider legs to continue the patterns. This activity is great for developing early numeracy skills, scissor skills and fine motor skills. And it’s heaps of fun too!
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This is what you will need
Construction paper
Scissors
Recycled cardboard
Glue stick
Stickers
Washi tape (optional)
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This is what you will need to do
1. Cut a spider shape from black construction paper and glue it down onto a piece of recycled cardboard. Add some stickers to start a pattern. Your pattern could be simple alternating patterns or more complicated ones that involve 3 or more colors or shapes. You might also like to add a border of washi tape to finish your game.
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2. Next ask your child to finish the patterns with their stickers. We used small square stickers, simply because that’s what we had on hand. You could use sticker dots or even paints and Q-tips to finish the patterns.
I love Halloween crafts so much! I think that one of the main reasons why they are so fun is that you get to use googly eyes – lots of them. Googly eyes make your monsters, ghosts and ghouls look Halloween spooky, but also kind of cute. If you don’t have googly eyes at home for your Halloween crafts, then this FREE printable worksheet might be perfect for you.
I love easy scissor skill activities for kids and I love Halloween! Even though Halloween is not a huge thing here in Australia, we still love to celebrate and acknowledge this fun holiday! In this activity, you will be able to color your very own spider web and then practice scissor skills to make an adorable paper spider. You can make one of these colorful rainbow spooky spider webs from scratch or you can scroll down for your own FREE printable worksheet copy!
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This is what you will need:
White computer paper
Black marker pen
Colorful crayons, pencils or marker pens
Toilet paper roll or similar cardboard tube
Black construction paper
Scissors
Gluestick
Googly eyes
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This is what you will need to do:
1. Draw a spider web onto your piece of white computer paper with black marker pen or print out the FREE spider web printable below. Then color in the web with lots of bright colors. You can use crayons, pencil, marker pens or even oil pastels to color your web.
2. Next, make your spiders. To do this, cut an empty toilet roll holder in half and cover with black construction paper. Position the spiders under the web and glue in place. Then add some googly eyes and black strips of paper for legs. To finish, take your black marker pen and draw a line connecting your spider to the rainbow web. If you don’t have a cardboard tube, use the FREE template to make your spider.
My kids loved this super easy math lesson. Adding the sun rays to each smiling sun was such fun, and a perfect way to learn so many early numeracy skills including number recognition, addition and subtraction, subtilizing and 1:1 correspondence. I made this easy template from some colored construction paper and a piece of recycled cardboard, but if you are short on time, I have a FREE printable version that you might like to use. Once printed, you could even laminate it so that it can be used over and over again!
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This is what you will need:
A piece of recycled cardboard
Colored construction paper
White printer paper
Scissors
A small square of sticky contact
Dry erase marker
Googly eyes
Glue stick
Washi tape (optional for border)
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This is what you will need to do:
1. Cut a sun shape from some orange construction paper and glue it to the piece of recycled cardboard. You might like to give your sun a smiley face too! Next, paste a square of white paper to the top right hand corner of your cardboard. Cover the white square with a piece of clear sticky contact – this will make your board wipeable and allow it to be used over and over again. You will also need some small rectangle “sun rays. Cut these from yellow construction paper.
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2. Print the free Sun Numbers worksheet and use this to practice your numbers. Select one of the suns, count the rays, write the number in the box and the place the corresponding number of sun rays onto the sun.
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3. Use a wipeable or dry erase marker to write the number of rays on the white square. Then add the corresponding number of sun rays to your sun. You don’t need to paste the paper rays down. Just let them sit there so that you can play over and over again.
Dominoes are such a great learning tool for kids. As well as helping preschoolers develop number recognition, they also help teach patterns, subitizing, 1:1 correspondence and even fine motor skills. There is such a lot of learning in such a simple toy! In the following activities, I actually use paper dominoes that I have made into a printable worksheet. You can scroll down for your own FREE copy if you would like.
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This is what you will need:
Dominoes
Pom poms
Tweezers (optional)
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This is what you will need to do:
1. Print out your FREE copy of the paper dominoes and carefully cut around each individual piece with scissors. Match pom poms to the dots on the dominoes. Count the dots and pom poms as you go.
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2. You may like to extend the activity by making it into a rescue game. To do this, place a dominoes piece into each well of a muffin tray. Add some pom poms to each well and then tape down some layers of sticky tape.
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3. Then carefully snip away the washi tape to reveal your dominoes and pom poms. Once the playing pieces are revealed, match the pom poms to the dominoes.
!WARNING! Remember that scissors are sharp! Always supervise children when they are using scissors!
We LOVE practicing our scissor skills and this activity is one of the most fun and easy ways for kids to develop their fine motor and scissor snipping accuracy. You will only need some colored paper, a glue stick and a marker pen for this activity. And, if you don’t have time to put one of these rainbows together for yourself, scroll down for my free printable version.
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This is what you will need:
Colored construction paper
White printer paper
Scissors
Black marker pen
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This is what you will need to do:
1. Cut a cloud shape from a piece of white paper. Cut strips of colored construction paper and attach them to the back of the cloud. You can use a glue stick or tape to attach your colored strips.
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2. Take your marker pen and add some different line patterns to each strip of paper.
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3. Take your scissors and carefully snip along the lines on the colored strips.
!WARNING! Remember that scissors are sharp. Always be very careful when using scissors and remember that adult supervision is always required when children are using scissors!
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Here is your FREE printable version of the activity:
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