Christmas Cutting Activity – Printable Trim Santa’s Beard
This Christmas Cutting activity is such a fun way to strengthen scissor skills! Keep on reading to get the printable worksheet to trim Santa’s beard!
Scissor Skills with a Holiday Twist!
One of the best ways for kids to strengthen fine motor skills is through cutting activities! It takes time to build up the muscles in the hands and fingers, but activities like this make it fun!
This Christmas cutting activity is a super fun way to practice these skills during the holiday time! Kids will enjoy giving Santa’s beard a cut and a trim.
We made things extra easy for grown ups with a printable worksheet. There are 4 different Santa’s each with different patterns on his beard to explore with varying levels of difficulty!
This Christmas Cutting Activity in Action!
This activity can be set up in no time! Since it is a printable, all you have to do is grab the printable from the link below, print it, and then either cut out the Santas yourself, or have your kiddos do it themselves!
Then, kids can have fun using scissors along the patterns to cut Santa’s beard and give it a trim if they would like too!
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This Christmas Cutting Activity in Action!
This activity can be set up in no time! Since it is a printable, all you have to do is grab the printable from the link below, print it, and then either cut out the Santas yourself, or have your kiddos do it themselves!
Then, kids can have fun using scissors along the patterns to cut Santa’s beard and give it a trim if they would like too!
All activities should be supervised by an adult. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links.
Get the Printable Christmas Cutting Activity Here!
We understand that grown ups are busy which is why we often make printable activities! For this Christmas, cutting activity, we’ve got you covered with this printable!
We have lots of Holiday themed printables available. Be sure to check out our Christmas Bundle, Hanukkah Bundle, and Kwanzaa Bundle too! Each of these are filled with activities that will be sure to keep your kiddos busy before and during the holiday break!
And for even more printable activities, visit our Printable Shop. It is filled with easy to set-up activities that help strengthen early childhood education skills!
The Importance of Scissor Skills
Cutting with scissors is one of those practical life skills that will be useful for the rest of your kiddo’s life!
It also happens to be a wonderful tool for strengthening fine motor skills! Opening and closing a scissor will increase the muscle strengthen in kid’s hands and fingers.
This printable has a number of different patterns with varying degrees of difficulty. Each are great for supporting hand-eye coordination.
Overtime, as kid’s hands get stronger, their movements and accuracy will be more precise.
The Importance of Scissor Skills
Cutting with scissors is one of those practical life skills that will be useful for the rest of your kiddo’s life!
It also happens to be a wonderful tool for strengthening fine motor skills! Opening and closing a scissor will increase the muscle strengthen in kid’s hands and fingers.
This printable has a number of different patterns with varying degrees of difficulty. Each are great for supporting hand-eye coordination.
Overtime, as kid’s hands get stronger, their movements and accuracy will be more precise.
Store-Bought Scissor Skills Activities
Here are my top picks for scissor skill products you can buy!
This set includes 3 workbooks all about scissor skills. Each book includes a pair of scissors!
This unique game includes magnetic apples that can be picked from the tree using a scooper scissor!
This small book is packed with scissor skills activities for children as young as 2 years old!
This fun set of scissors comes with 6 designs of patterns for decorating paper crafts!
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