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Scissor Activities: Cutting and Motor Skills

This page has worksheets for practicing fine motor skills by using scissors. Students cut along the straight, zigzagged, and curved lines. You'll also find activities for students to cut out basic shapes.

Scissor Activities and Cutting Skills Worksheets

Cut Along the Lines

Zigzag Haircut  FREE 
Give the person a fun, zigzag haircut by cutting along the dotted lines.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aZigzag Haircut
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Curly Haircut  NEW 
Make a curly or wavy haircut by cutting along the lines provided.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aCurly Haircut
Straight Haircut  NEW 
With this printout, students will practice cutting straight lines to make a straight haircut.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aStraight Haircut
Zigzag Lines (Boats)  FREE 
Color the boats and cut along the zigzag lines.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aZigzag Lines (Boats)
Wavy Lines (Fish)
Color the fish pics and then cut carefully along the wavy lines.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aWavy Lines (Fish)
Straight Lines (Jets)
Cut along the straight dotted lines. Then color the jets.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aStraight Lines (Jets)
Play Ball: Cut Along the Lines  NEW 
Cut along the wavy lines to follow the path of the balls.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aPlay Ball: Cut Along the Lines

Cut and Glue Shapes

Square, Triangle, Circle
Cut out the square circle, and triangle. Glue them onto the worksheet.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aSquare, Triangle, Circle
Hexagon, Pentagon, Rectangle
Cut the basic polygon shapes and paste them into the correct spots on the work mat.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aHexagon, Pentagon, Rectangle

Cut Out Pictures
(Large; Easier)

Cut-Out Bear  NEW 
Bring out the coloring supplies and color this bear any way you please. Then cut it out and glue it to another sheet of paper.
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aCut-Out Bear
Cut-Out Penguin
Color and cut the large penguin character.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aCut-Out Penguin
Cut-Out Flower
Decorate the smiling flower then cut it out and glue it on a separate piece of paper.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aCut-Out Flower
Cut-Out Dinosaur  NEW 
Encourage your students to work slowly and carefully while cutting along the lines to neatly cut out this dinosaur. They can color it in too!
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aCut-Out Dinosaur
Cut-Out Whale  NEW 
This friendly-looking whale is a great activity to practice cutting skills. Students can color it in before cutting along the dotted line and gluing it to a new piece of paper.
aCut-Out Whale

Cut Out Pictures
(Small; Harder)

Fruit Pictures
Use a pair of scissors to cut out the fruit shapes. Includes grapes, apple, banana, orange, and pear.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aFruit Pictures
Food Pictures
The cuttable food pictures on this page include broccoli, hamburger, pizza, and ice cream.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aFood Pictures
Animal Pictures
Cut out the animal pictures. Attach them to a blank sheet of paper.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aAnimal Pictures

Cutting Circles

Cutting Farm Animal Pictures
Cut out the circle shapes. Each one has a farm animal picture. Includes pig, sheep, chicken, cow, and duck.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aCutting Farm Animal Pictures
Circle Pictures
Practice cutting circle shapes. Then glue them onto a sheet of construction paper.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aCircle Pictures

Cut & Build

Cut & Build a House  NEW 
Cut out the shapes provided. Then glue them to another piece of paper to build a house. Be sure to color your creation too!
Pre-K through 1st Grade
aCut & Build a House

Finger Puppets

Animal Finger Puppets Craft
Make finger puppets by cutting out the cat, dog, bird, and mouse.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aAnimal Finger Puppets Craft
Human Finger Puppets Activity
Make a finger puppet of a man, woman, boy, and girl.
Pre-K and Kindergarten
aHuman Finger Puppets Activity
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Basic Shapes

Learn about circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, hexagons, pentagons, and octagons. There are many cut-and-glue activities on this page.

Awards for PreK and Kindergarten

Printable awards for learning accomplishments. Includes counting to 100, tying shoe laces, knowing the days of the week, and knowing ABCs.

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