Learning to hold scissors correctly and guide them along a line while holding the paper steady with the other hand. This combines hand strength with coordination.
Use the scissors to cut 1/2 inch wide lines along the toilet paper roll. Do not cut all the way to the other side. These will become the flower petals.
Paint the cut toilet paper roll.
Put a few glue dots on the tissue paper.
Crumple the tissue paper to a ball. This will be the flower pistil in the center.
Glue the crumpled tissue paper to the painted toilet paper roll.
Place the pompoms on a plate or in a container.
For each clothespin, have the child reach out and pick 5-6 small pompoms, using pincer grasp to pick them up, and place in front of him.
Ask the child to apply glue on the wide part of the clothespin, and use the tweezers to place one pompom at a time on the glue.
While the glue is drying, either draw 2-3 leaves on green construction paper or let the child draw them. Have the child cut out the leaves. If the child has difficulty cutting, we recommend providing thicker lines.
Once the glue is all dry, instruct the child to glue the googly eyes on the first pompom. Make sure to glue on the clothespin side that opens up.
Ask the child to put one caterpillar on each leaf by opening the clothespin with one hand, and holding the leaf with the other hand.
At the edge of each line put a sticker and ask the child to cut along the line you drew all the way up to the sticker.
When the child is able to cut along an index card easily, repeat the activity using a paper.
Cut the plastic straws into about 1-inch pieces.
Lace the small straw pieces into the string or yarn to create a straw necklace.
You can use different color plastic straws and create matching patterns for the straw necklaces.
In this activity, pipe cleaners are optional.
Help the child to cut out a large circle from the center of the paper plate, leaving about 1-inch from the edge, and creating an outer ring.
Ask the child to punch holes all around the outer ring.
Give the child a long piece of yarn and instruct him to string the yarn through the holes he punched. Have the child string the yarn from one hole to the next going back and forth to form a web.
On the construction paper (preferably black or gray), draw a medium size oval for the spider’s body and a smaller size circle for the spider’s head. Let the child cut out the shapes you drew to make a spider. You can also ask the child to draw a spider and cut it out.
If you are using pipe cleaners, have the child punch 3 holes on each side of the oval (the spider’s body) and place a small piece of pipe cleaner in each hole (to form the spider’s legs).
Have the child glue the spider on the web or attach the spider to the web by banding the pipe cleaners onto the yarn.
