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Fourth of July Scissor Skills Practice Worksheets

by Leanne Guenther

Print these patriotic USA worksheets to give toddlers, preschoolers and kindergarten students practice with scissors.

Before starting the project, show the children how to hold scissors and talk to them about using scissors safely:

• Pay attention when using scissors.  Stop using the scissors if you want to look up.
• Cut in a direction away from your body and fingers, hands, arms, and legs.
• Never run, climb, fight or horse around when holding scissors.

Although it's difficult to hurt yourself with children's safety scissors, preschoolers should practice safe scissor habits from the very first time they get the privilege of using them!

Materials:

• printer,
• paper,
• scissors
• Optional:  crayons

Instructions:

• Print the patriotic scissor skills template of choice.
• Color (if using the black and white worksheet).
• Carefully cut along the lines.  Take your time and practice good scissor habits while completing the project.

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP  or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

PARADE SCISSOR PRACTICE:

Parade straight line scissor skills
(color)  or   (B&W)

Parade zig zag scissor skills
(color)  or   (B&W)

Parade curved scissor skills
(color)  or   (B&W)

ROCKETS (FIREWORKS) SCISSOR PRACTICE:

Rockets straight line scissor skills
(color)  or   (B&W)

Rockets zig zag scissor skills
(color)  or   (B&W)

Rockets curved scissor skills
(color)  or   (B&W)

More scissor skills practice projects:

• Fourth of July
• Veteran's Day