Activity: Cutting Paper

My kids are very much into cutting with scissors. I am trying find activities for them to do that allows them to safely learn how to use the scissors. For this particular activity, I cut paper into strips then let them cut the strips into squares.

 

My daughter has done this previously, so she did most of it on her own. My son hadn't done much cutting yet so I needed to help every step of the way for him. This is just fine. They are at different ages and stages. Also, I'd like to note, my daughter is left handed and my son is right handed. This difference isn't much, but scissors work different for different hands so we bought these special spring loaded scissors that are both left and right handed. They are great to use for beginners. 

After they cut a bunch of squares, in effort to not just waste the paper or have it all over my house as confetti, I let them glue the chunks to a piece of paper for Daddy when he got home. They glued the paper pieces to the big paper then colored a picture. This was a great activity for them to work on practical fine motor skills.