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I LOVE being able to work from home. For me, there’s nothing like it. But doing so presents some challeges as well. That is, that there are certain times during the day when I need to be at the computer or on a conference call. Because of this, I am always on the look-out for fun activities for my children to do right beside me.
And whether it’s answering an email or just loading the dishwasher for the upteenth time, we all need ideas on how to keep our little ones busy while you are too!
So today I’m going to share an idea with you that your kids will love! It involves SCISSORS! Just be careful that they don’t love it too much, that a locke of hair comes off! 
It’s real easy, too. Ready?
Compile some old magazines together that I’m sure you have lying around your home!
Give your child a pair of blunt-ended scissors. I always make sure my children are sitting down when using scissors and I watch carefully.
Instruct your child to find pictures of faces in the magazine. You want them to find a mouth on one face, some eyes from another face, and even a nose from a completely different face! Oh, they’re going to have fun with this!
Carefully cut out each one and then glue onto a separate piece of paper.
And that’s it! Here are a couple of end results from my children when they did this activity!
Isn’t that fun? They’ll have a ball trying to find all the different body parts to make their “new” person!
Having your children cut with scissors is an important skill to learn. The hand-eye coordination it takes to maneuver the cutting motion is often taken for granted and so this is a great way to give them an experience with scissors.
Children also enjoy cutting out objects that they like and making a collage. My 6-year-old loved just making a simple collage from pictures of trucks, basketball hoops, and his favorite foods! Even my 2 1/2 year-old can be entertained for quite a while by simply cutting paper.
I’d love to hear any ideas you do with your little ones when you’re busy!
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Good idea! I’ll have to wait until my 6-months old and 2-years old grow up a little bit, though. I like the busy looking mom with cell phone in the second pic, funny how children see us!
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This is such a great idea! Love the ones your kids made! My daughter will get a real kick doing this one!
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My kids love anything to do with scissors! (Thankfully, we’ve had no hair catastrophes yet!) But this little idea will give them new motivation and purpose in their cutting! Thanks! Sometimes when I’m sewing, my little gal will cut my scraps of fabric and that keeps her entertained for a good hour!
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These are fabulous! I’ll be linking.
What a fun idea!!! And, you probably remember the hair catastrophe we had during the Thrifty Fifty!
That is the only one we are allowed to have, right? 
I just love this idea!! It’s going into my “things to keep the kids busy and out of my hair” idea folder.
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