Free Tracing & Cutting Worksheets

Does your child need some extra fine motor practice? These free worksheets can be used for both tracing practice or scissor practice, which makes them perfect for toddlers through kindergarten.

Whether you are a teacher, a homeschooling parent, or a caregiver whose child just needs a bit more practice, make sure you grab this free resource below so you can have it on hand when you need it!

Looking for more free fine motor printables for kids? Check out these Q-Tip Painting Templates or these Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Tracing Worksheets!

Download Your Free Tracing & Cutting Practice Worksheets

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How to Use (for Tracing or Cutting)

This printable can be used in two different ways: to practice tracing (for younger kids who aren’t quite old enough for scissors), or to help your child learn to use scissors.

• For tracing practice: If you are doing this activity with a child who isn’t old enough to use scissors, print out the page and have them follow the lines with their fingers (for younger toddlers) or trace over them with a pencil or marker (for older toddlers who can are able to writing implements).
• For scissor practice: Print out the sheets and have your child cut along the dotted lines using plastic safety scissors or blunt tip metal scissors—whichever is more appropriate for your child’s level of development.

This set includes two pages with different designs to cut or trace, and can each one can be used to facilitate different skills.

• Line worksheet: This page features different types of lines, including straight lines, wavy lines and zig-zag lines. This is perfect for kids who need to practice cutting or tracing basic lines before they can move on to shapes, and can also be used by toddlers who are learning to cut with safety scissors. (If you are a teacher, feel free to cut in between the lines to create cutting practice strips for your students.)
• Shape worksheet: This page features 8 different shapes of varying complexity that your preschooler can use to refine their cutting or tracing skills and make them more precise. The shapes with more curves and angles tend to be more challenging, so you may want to start your kids off with a square or triangle if they’ve just graduated from lines.

Printing Instructions

After you download each PDF file to your computer, print each scissor skills worksheet on a separate sheet US Letter-sized paper (8.5 x 11 inches). You may need to print the pages several times as your child practices cutting all of the lines and shapes.

You should also be able to print out the pages on A4 paper—simply use the “Scale to Fit” setting on your printer to ensure that all of the printable area fits within the page that is being printed.

How to Make These Worksheets Reusable

If you are planning on using these worksheets for tracing practice, you can make them reusable by laminating each page using thermal laminator or self-laminating sheets, or by placing them inside plastic page protectors or dry erase pockets.

This will allow your child to trace over the lines and shapes using a dry erase marker, then wipe the sheets clean and store them for future use.

More Ways to Practice Scissors Skills

These simple practice pages are one way to help your child learn to cut with scissors, but if you’re looking a more hands-on approach, there are lots of different activities you can try to help them learn this important skill:

• Use plastic scissors to cut play dough
• Add some scissors to a shredded paper sensory bin
• Make collages
• Do cut-and-paste activities
• Cut the “hair” on silly paper roll people (this one is adorable!)

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