Making Mittens

Developing scissor and drawing skills

Rated:

Video

Materials

• white paper
• crayons or stickers
• scissors - blunt edge for children

Completion

• Using a white sheet of construction paper trace around both hands of a child keeping fingers together and thumb apart like a mitten
• A child can decorate by drawing on the mittens with crayons or using stickers
• Help the child cut out the mitten shapes using blunt type scissors (it doesn't have to be perfect!)
• Put mittens in a spot that shows you care about the work they do (bulletin board, refrigerator, the door of their room, etc.)