scissor cutting Archives - Therapy Fun Zone https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/category/ot/fine-motor/scissor-cutting/ Where Play is FUNctional Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:38:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-tfz-icon-copy-copy-32x32.png scissor cutting Archives - Therapy Fun Zone https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/category/ot/fine-motor/scissor-cutting/ 32 32 Cute flower craft for earth day https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cute-flower-craft-for-earth-day/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cute-flower-craft-for-earth-day/#respond Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:38:54 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22758 This post may contain affiliate links.I love flower crafts, but I have done that so much, and I have done so many rainbow crafts that I was trying to come up with something that I haven’t done before. Most of my kids are working on cutting circles, and a few are working on just snipping....

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cute-flower-craft-for-earth-day/feed/ 0 spiral christmas tree cutting https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/spiral-christmas-tree-cutting/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/spiral-christmas-tree-cutting/#respond Sat, 06 Dec 2025 16:31:02 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22738 This post may contain affiliate links.I have some kids that really benefit from cutting spirals because it makes them slow down with their cutting and really pay attention to their cutting. I made these great spirals with greenery so that it will look like a christmas tree when it is cut out. It has a...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/spiral-christmas-tree-cutting/feed/ 0 cutting out bats https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cutting-out-bats/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cutting-out-bats/#respond Sun, 26 Oct 2025 20:14:18 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=22724 This post may contain affiliate links.A couple of weeks ago, I spontaneously needed to run a preschool group center and had to come up with an activity to have at my table, so I quickly drew a spider that the kids could cut out an glue onto a spider web. I did it with my...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/cutting-out-bats/feed/ 0 Valentines day activities https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/valentines-day-activities/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/valentines-day-activities/#respond Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:32:18 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=21889 This post may contain affiliate links.I like valentines day activities because they lend themselves well to coloring, writing, painting, cutting, and gluing. My favorites are the heart butterflies and the heart bugs, but just drawing hearts and coloring and cutting them are great too. Making flowers out of hearts is a really simple way to...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/valentines-day-activities/feed/ 0 Wrapping and Taping https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/wrapping-and-taping/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/wrapping-and-taping/#respond Wed, 23 Nov 2022 19:33:30 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=19695 This post may contain affiliate links.Wrapping a package is something that many kids really struggle doing, and often don’t get a chance to practice it because they don’t have the skill to do it so their wrapped packages look messy. When I bring out wrapping paper and a little box (usually empty) the kids get...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/wrapping-and-taping/feed/ 0 Easter Egg Writing Lines https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/easter-egg-writing-lines/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/easter-egg-writing-lines/#respond Fri, 23 Mar 2018 23:44:10 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=8860 This post may contain affiliate links.Easter is almost here so here is an Easter activity.  It includes practice writing lines, coloring, cutting, and writing.  You can choose a simple grouping of eggs to practice lines on and then color.  It also has a place at the bottom of the picture to write some sentences.  The...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/easter-egg-writing-lines/feed/ 0 Writing Lines Cookie Decorating https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/writing-lines-cookie-decorating/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/writing-lines-cookie-decorating/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:43:21 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=11712 This post may contain affiliate links.Getting back to basics today with coloring, cutting, gluing and writing. Decorating cookies is a fun activity but I can’t carry cookies around with me, so I made some cookies to decorate on paper. I made some cookies that you can color and practice writing lines on. Then you cut...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/writing-lines-cookie-decorating/feed/ 0 Happy Caterpillar writing https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/happy-caterpillar-writing/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/happy-caterpillar-writing/#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:04:05 +0000 https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=11303 This post may contain affiliate links.I usually do activities that incorporate multiple skills into the task, and love it when we are writing and the kids have to write positive things. So I made the happy caterpillar. The kids have to write something they like about themselves (or that makes them happy) on each of...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/happy-caterpillar-writing/feed/ 0 New Scissor Skills Book https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/new-scissor-skills-book/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/new-scissor-skills-book/#respond Mon, 01 May 2017 08:00:51 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=10092 This post may contain affiliate links.Are you looking for some ideas and information to help children learn to cut? Do you struggle with helping your child use scissors? This is a wonderful new book written by a group of therapists that goes over all of the skills areas that are used when cutting with scissors....

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/new-scissor-skills-book/feed/ 0 Scissor Cutting Shapes: Pizza https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/scissor-cutting-shapes-pizza/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/scissor-cutting-shapes-pizza/#respond Mon, 01 May 2017 04:00:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/2011/02/scissor-cutting-shapes-pizza/ This post may contain affiliate links.When working on cutting skills, it is fun to create something out of what you cut. This week I had some of my students make some pizza. I made a template for the shapes needed to make the pizza, and they traced the shapes, cut them out and glued them...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/scissor-cutting-shapes-pizza/feed/ 0 Slowing Down With Scissor Cutting https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/slowing-down-with-scissor-cutting/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/slowing-down-with-scissor-cutting/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2017 09:00:13 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/2010/09/slowing-down-with-scissor-cutting/ This post may contain affiliate links.I recently was doing an evaluation, and the student was just snipping at the paper as fast and furiously as she could.  When I tried to help her position the paper or the scissors better, she just pushed me away and kept snipping.  She gave no attempt to follow the...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/slowing-down-with-scissor-cutting/feed/ 6 Scissor Cutting Turkey Template https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/scissor-cutting-turkey-template/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/scissor-cutting-turkey-template/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:13:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/2010/11/scissor-cutting-turkey-template/ This post may contain affiliate links.Making Turkeys for Thanksgiving is a great time to incorporate a lot of skills into your therapy session. I love that the feathers are perfect for writing on and being able to create a thankful craft. Cutting with scissors is a skill that works on bimanual skills, motor planning, fine...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/scissor-cutting-turkey-template/feed/ 0 Visual Motor Skills and Cutting With Scissors https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/visual-motor-skills-cutting-scissors/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/visual-motor-skills-cutting-scissors/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2016 08:00:48 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=9636 This post may contain affiliate links.Being able to cut with scissors requires many skills, starting with the physical motor ability to sit at a table, the fine motor ability to hold the scissors, and the strength to open and close the scissors. In order to follow lines and shapes and to cut them out with...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/visual-motor-skills-cutting-scissors/feed/ 3 Coloring and Cutting Shapes for a Picture https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/coloring-and-cutting-shapes-for-a-picture/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/coloring-and-cutting-shapes-for-a-picture/#respond Thu, 07 Jan 2016 18:25:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/2010/09/coloring-and-cutting-shapes-for-a-picture/ This post may contain affiliate links.For this activity, we are incorporating very simple coloring and cutting of easy shapes. Then you can put those shapes together to make a pretty picture to take home. Two simple designs to choose from are a flower or a butterfly. With the flower, you have a circle for the...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/coloring-and-cutting-shapes-for-a-picture/feed/ 0 Ribbon Christmas Tree https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/ribbon-christmas-tree/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/ribbon-christmas-tree/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2015 13:45:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/2011/12/ribbon-christmas-tree/ This post may contain affiliate links.This ribbon Christmas tree activity is the most awesome therapy activity ever. It incorporates practicing tying into a nice craft that looks beautiful when it is done. The kids all loved it, and they were all very proud of what they had accomplished. Most of the kids started the activity...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/ribbon-christmas-tree/feed/ 3 Fine Motor Skills With Torn Paper Pumpkins https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fine-motor-skills-torn-paper-pumpkins/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fine-motor-skills-torn-paper-pumpkins/#respond Sun, 25 Oct 2015 12:15:47 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=8150 This post may contain affiliate links.Here is a great activity that is worth doing every year. I love having kids tear paper because it really makes them work hard with their fingers and work on those fine motor skills. I have had kids cut out pumpkins and create a jack-o-lantern face on them. Today we...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fine-motor-skills-torn-paper-pumpkins/feed/ 0 New Pencil Obstacle Courses https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/new-pencil-obstacle-courses-2/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/new-pencil-obstacle-courses-2/#respond Sun, 30 Aug 2015 23:05:18 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=9087 This post may contain affiliate links.The Pencil Obstacle Courses are such fun, and are what spurred me on to create the Pencil adventures.  Now there are new obstacle courses that include some hole punching and cutting with scissors.  These are created by Jennifer Dodge, who has an OT website named School-OT.com.  Here is all about...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/new-pencil-obstacle-courses-2/feed/ 0 Flower Writing Lines https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/flower-writing-lines/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/flower-writing-lines/#respond Mon, 06 Apr 2015 00:00:33 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=8888 This post may contain affiliate links.Spring is here and it is time to brighten things up with flower activities. I created a craft to draw on the flower petals, cut them out, and then glue them onto a paper.  The petals have light lines to trace with zig-zags, loops, lines, and circles. I also included...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/flower-writing-lines/feed/ 0 Snow Man Dressing https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/snow-man-dressing/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/snow-man-dressing/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2014 19:50:00 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/2011/12/snow-man-dressing/ This post may contain affiliate links.I saw a cute little snow man mentioned on a teacher’s site, and I thought it would be perfect to use in therapy.  The original source of the picture was from here, but I have made my own to cut out, color, and dress your snowman. There is a plain...

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]]> https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/snow-man-dressing/feed/ 2 Fun Fine Motor Turkey Activities https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fun-fine-motor-turkey-activities/ https://therapyfunzone.net/blog/fun-fine-motor-turkey-activities/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:00:11 +0000 http://therapyfunzone.net/blog/?p=8220 This post may contain affiliate links.Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so it is a great time to use turkey crafts in your therapy sessions. Most of these turkey  crafts/activities work on fine motor skills, and some incorporate writing into the activity in the form of writing about what you are thankful for. Mama OT...

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