How to Draw Scissors
5 easy strokes · ages 5+ · free printable worksheet
To draw scissors with a 3-5 year old, break it into 5 simple strokes: a long blade going up, another blade, crossing over, a little screw in the middle, a round hole for your thumb and one more for your fingers. Doodle Turtle draws one line at a time and then pauses, so little hands have time to catch up before the next line appears. Doodle Turtle is free, runs in any browser, has no ads and needs no sign-up.
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Waits for your child
Step by step: 5 easy strokes
- STEP 1A long blade going up
- STEP 2Another blade, crossing over
- STEP 3A little screw in the middle
- STEP 4A round hole for your thumb
- STEP 5One more for your fingers!
Free printable tracing worksheet
Prefer paper? Print scissors as a faint tracing outline — your child draws straight over the lines, then colours it in.
Tips for grown-ups
- Watch first, then draw. The first pass is just for looking — no pressure to keep up.
- Let the pause do the work. If your child is still drawing when the next stroke starts, tap to pause. Slower is the point.
- Big paper, fat crayons. At 5 the wrist is still learning; large movements are easier than small ones.
- Praise the trying, not the likeness. A wobbly scissors that they drew themselves beats a neat one you fixed.