Last year Little Miss got tons of art supplies for Christmas. One thing I bought and tucked away for a rainy day was a pair of beginner scissors. These don't have holes for your fingers, but instead have a spring to reopen the scissors after you make a cut. The idea is that the kids are just focused on cutting and not having to also learn the mechanics of opening the scissors back up. One morning, just out of curiosity, I brought out the scissors and let her have a go.
She was enthralled watching me and enjoyed having a turn, but she did the typical kiddo thing and turned the scissors sideways. Just watching her mechanics made me think that it's still to early for her, but at least she had fun. What did we do with the extra paper we cut? We practiced using glue sticks!
She was much better with that and enjoyed manipulating the glue stick and sticking her little pieces to the paper. Not a single person (even her mother) would consider the end result a master piece, but we had a fun time working with two things we don't normally use. I call that a successful art session.
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