I think most of us have made paper snowflakes in our childhoods. This is a simple version which can be used to help improve fine motor skills and grasping strength, not to mention encouraging creativity.
Prerequisite Skills – Your child can already:
1. Use thumb in opposition with fingers.
2. Grasp objects.
3. Open and close scissors.
4. Snip and make cuts in paper.
Materials Needed:
1. Paper squares (a regular sheet of paper should be trimmed to make a square).
2. Scissors
3. Paste, glue, or string
Method:
1. Fold paper this way: In half, in half again. If desired, trim the non-folded edge to make it slightly rounded.
2. Cut wedges into paper and around edges.
3. Remove cut pieces.
4. Open the folded paper to see a snowflake.
Vocabulary:
Fold, cut, pull, triangle, square, pieces, same, different, unfold, open.
Variations:
1. Spatter Paint: Tape the snowflake against a sheet of butcher paper. Load a small paintbrush with some paint and flick paint onto the snowflake.
2. Glue colored tissue paper or cellophane to the back of the snowflake to make a “stained glass” pattern.
3. Hang the snowflakes with string, or glue down on brightly colored construction paper to show shapes and contrast.
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