Butterfly Cutting Strips
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From a caterpillar to a monarch butterfly, butterfly cutting strips give children ages 2 to 5 careful scissor practice in a printable PDF. One picture sheet follows the life cycle, and every line ends at a different butterfly.
📦 Inside This Set
- 4 pages of cutting strips: five straight lines, five pattern lines and two sheets of picture strips
- 19 different illustrated pictures, including a chrysalis
- Format: US Letter PDF
🎯 Skills Children Build
- Develop scissor control on a straight line, a zigzag and curved waves
- Build hand strength and finger control
- Support focus, since each cut ends at a picture
💡 Ways to Use It
- Introduce the straight lines first, then the zigzag, steps and curved waves.
- Display the cut life cycle pieces in order beside a butterfly book for a spring science tray.
- Cut each picture strip along its dashed lines into four pictures.
Digital PDF download. Print on US Letter or A4. Instant delivery. No physical product will be shipped.
🔗 Goes Well With
- Butterfly Life Cycle, to go further with the life cycle
- Butterfly Two-Piece Puzzles, for puzzle play
- Butterfly Mini Bundle, with these strips and three more activities