Paper Plate Lion's Mane Scissor Skills Craftivity

Our latest preschool learning activities were inspired by the circus.  

We worked through a circus themed number puzzle for math, vinegar and baking soda eruptions in animal cookie cutters for sensory play, and threw in a color matching activity, a simple letter sort, and a scissor skills activity we are sharing with you today!

As you may know already, Little Sis LOVES scissors and cutting!  

Thankfully she has kept to cutting paper; often times as soon as we are in the school room, she grabs a pair of scissors and construction paper and starts snipping away! 

If you have a young child who enjoys cutting too, check out our other activities: 

• Scissor Skills using Junk Mail
• Broken Hearts Cutting Activity
• Shear the Sheep Cutting Activity
• What is Hiding in the Grass?

Preschool Scissor Skills

So yes, it should be no surprise that we have another cutting activity for you : ) As mentioned, this activity was inspired by our Circus Theme Preschool Week.  Little Sis practiced her scissor skills by cutting/ creating a lion's mane.  

To set up this activity to practice cutting skills, you'll need: 

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• paper plate
• paint
• paint brush
• black marker
• googly eyes
• black marker
• scissors

First, have your child paint the paper plate.  I grabbed yellow, orange, and brown paint as I just couldn't decide what color our lion should be!

Once you have given it time to dry, add your googly eyes, a nose, mouth, and whiskers with a black marker.

Next, encourage your child to cut into the sides of the paper plate to create a mane-- cut straight lines around the paper plate.

Such a cute and fun activity for a circus theme... or just because!  

My preschooler loved this activity-- she was so proud of her lion and I loved that this creative craft activity allowed her to practice those much needed fine motor skills!

Take a moment to see what other fine motor activites are being shared today! Thanks for stopping over this Fine Motor Friday!

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• Salt Painting from Powerful Mothering
• Googly Eye Pumpkins from Craftulate
• Simple Fine Motor Counting Math Tray from And Next Comes L
• Spidery Fine Motor Activities from Little Bins For Little Hands
• Jack-o-Lantern Geoboard from Still Playing School
• Fine Motor Fridays Classics to Celebrate Our Anniversary from Lalymom
• Fall Leaf Color Sort Felt Mat from Stir the Wonder