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Paper haircut cutting practice

Draw silly faces with long paper hair and let your preschooler give everyone a haircut with child-safe scissors.

Paper haircut cutting practice
LevelBeginner
AgesAges 3 to 5
Time20 minutes
Cost$0 to $2
Back to schoolLow messRainy day

What you'll need

Materials

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Tools

How to make it

Safety

Use child-safe scissors with blunt tips and teach them to walk with the blades closed and pointed down.

  1. Step 1: Draw the faces
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    Draw the faces

    Draw a few silly faces near the bottom of each sheet.

  2. Step 2: Draw the hair
    2

    Draw the hair

    Draw long lines up from each head to the top of the page. Make some straight and some wavy.

  3. Step 3: Show the grip
    3

    Show the grip

    Show your child the thumb-up grip: thumb in the small hole, fingers in the big one.

  4. Step 4: Cut the hair
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    Cut the hair

    Let them snip along the lines. Short snips first, then longer cuts.

  5. Step 5: Style it
    5

    Style it

    Curl a few strips around a pencil for curly hair.

Edie's tip

Say "thumbs up, cut" as a cue. Thumb on top keeps the scissors steady.

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