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Cut and paste
Lunchbox Cut and Paste
Pack Your Lunchbox
Choose four items from eight pictures, then cut and glue them into a pretend lunchbox. Practice counting and hand coordination while talking about snacks.
- Age 3
- 15 min
- Easy
- Any group size
- Cut and paste
Learning areas
Skills practised
About this activity
Children choose four pictures to pack a pretend paper lunchbox. With help, they cut out their choices and glue one picture in each space.
This activity encourages children to make choices, count, and talk about familiar foods. Cutting and gluing also help develop hand coordination.
Learning objectives
- Choose four pictures from eight options.
- Count to four with support, pointing to each chosen picture.
- Glue one picture in each lunchbox space.
The printable
Print
What you need
- Printed activity sheet
- Child-safe blunt-tip scissors
- Glue stick
Safety notes
Use child-safe blunt-tip scissors with close adult supervision. An adult can cut out the pictures if needed. This activity uses pictures only; if exploring real foods afterward, check for allergies and dietary needs.
How to do it
- Print the sheet and gather the scissors and glue.
- Show the four spaces and explain that they make a pretend lunchbox.
- Name the eight pictures together.
- Show your child how to choose a picture and point to a lunchbox space.
- Invite your child to choose four pictures. Count them together, pointing to each one.
- Help cut out the chosen pictures, or cut them out for your child.
- Invite your child to glue one picture in each space and talk about their choices.
Teaching suggestions
- Ask, “What would you like to take? Let's count the pictures you chose.”
- If choosing is hard, show two pictures at a time and give your child time to point.
- Hold the paper steady while your child uses the glue, if needed.
- In a group, give each child a sheet and welcome different choices.
Variations
Make it easier
Cut out four pictures before the activity. Help your child choose where to glue each one.
Add a challenge
After choosing, invite your child to count the four pictures and explain one choice.
Keep talking
Talk about what your child usually takes or would like to take for a snack.
Talk about it
- What did you choose for your lunchbox?
- How did you decide what to put in it?
- Which of these foods do you know?
- What else would you like to take for a snack?
What to look for
- Notice whether the child chooses four pictures, with or without help.
- Watch whether the child points to each picture while counting with an adult.
- Notice how the child places one picture in each space.
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