Paper Bag Haircuts Activity (VIDEO)

This Paper Bag Haircuts Activity is a fun way to use up those paper bags you bring from the grocery store!

I love using materials I have on hand. Whether it’s a paper roll, cardboard or egg cartons, I’m always thinking of creative ways to use it up. It saves time, money and any other hassle you might stumble upon with an overly-complicated craft. Simplicity is often times the best with little kids. Being creative and using recycled materials allows kids to see how you can use something you would usually just toss in the trash, in a fun and creative way! 

These Paper Bag Haircuts will get kids excited! It’s super fun, silly, simple, you name it. It’s also great for building and improving scissors skills, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. Take a look below for a short material list and instructions as well as the areas of development children are working on.

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materials:

• Paper bag
• Craft scissors
• Kid-safe scissors
• Permanent marker

Instructions:

• Using the craft scissors, cut out large rectangles out of a paper bag, about 4″ x 5″.
• Next, make deep slits in one of the short ends of the rectangle.
• Lastly, using the permanent marker draw silly faces on each paper bag rectangle.

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What is my child learning and improving?

• Fine motor skills (using the scissors, holding the paper bag)
• Hand-eye coordination (using scissors)
• Independence
• Creativity
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Next time you go shopping, go ahead and save that paper bag and do this Paper bag haircuts activity!