Cutting with scissors takes a lot of coordination and hand strength. Playing with play dough is a great way to strengthen hand muscles so combining scissor skills and play dough seems like a perfect idea.
Ms. Tiger loved this activity! Not only did she get to play with play dough (great sensory play), she got to use her scissors to cut it which was exciting because she was cutting something other then paper. Once her cookie was cut out she set to work decorating it (great fine motor skills practice). I loved watching her work, she looked like a little baker busy creating yummy treats. She even made up a little song to sing while she worked.
This post is part of the Creative Preschoolers series. Please make sure to see what other fun scissor skill activities they have come up at the end of this post.
Supplies:
Play dough
Scissors
Sequins or jewels
Cookie cutters (simple shapes and patterns would work best)
Rolling pin
Directions:
1. Have child roll the play dough out flat with the rolling pin, and use the cookie cutters to make an indentation on the play dough. Don’t push the cookie cutter all the way down.
2. Have child use their scissors to cut along the indentation to make their cookie. I shared some tips for learning how to use scissors on our scissor skills sun craft here.
3. Decorate cookie with sequins.
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Rachel Nipper says
December 19, 2014 at 10:46 pmThis looks so fun! I am in love with your marbled playdough too. It looks awesome!
Katie says
December 20, 2014 at 5:40 amThanks so much Rachel! The marbled play dough was all my daughters doing. She got some new play dough for her birthday 🙂
PinkStripeySocks says
December 19, 2014 at 11:00 pmLooks like a really fun way to practice cutting with scissors! 😉 I also like the marbled play dough!
Katie says
December 20, 2014 at 5:41 amThanks so much PinkStripeySocks! I liked the marbled play dough too, especially because it had tiny sparkles in it 🙂
Jennifer - The Deliberate Mom says
December 20, 2014 at 12:24 pmI love cutting play dough with scissors! (My kids love it too! *wink*)
I adore how colourful the play dough is too. What fun!
Thanks for sharing.
Wishing you a lovely weekend.
xoxo
Katie says
December 20, 2014 at 3:35 pmHi Jennifer, Love it! This activity definitely had my name all over it too… The decorating part was my favorite, lol 🙂 I hope you have a great weekend too!
Gude @HodgePodgeCraft says
December 22, 2014 at 11:43 pmLove this – such gorgeous pictures!
Thanks for sharing at #Pintorials 🙂
Katie says
December 23, 2014 at 3:23 pmThanks so much for visiting and the sweet comment and pin 🙂