The Preschooler

Cut Out Your Christmas List

Christmas toy catalogs are taking over our house.  My kids, like most others, love to look through them and ooh and aah over all of the possibilities that could make it onto their Christmas wish lists.  They will spend hours pointing out their amazing finds to each other, as they circle dozens of toys in each catalog.

My older son is able to use a paper and pencil to make his list, but my preschooler was feeling a bit disappointed since he was not able to write out a list of his own like his brother was doing.  That is until I handed him a pair of scissors, some glue, and a blank piece of paper.  Now he delightfully makes his own Christmas list by cutting out the pictures of the toys he is hoping to receive.  (Just make sure your older children have another copy of the catalog so they do not get upset when one of the items they also wanted gets removed from the catalog!)

You will also join in the excitement as you watch your child eagerly practicing her cutting and gluing skills.  Encourage your child to use her best cutting by turning the paper instead of her hand, and remind her that “a dot is a lot” when it comes to liquid glue.

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Written by Laura on November 30, 2011