Everyone avoids things that are hard. Everybody. It is likely that your kid doesn’t like to sit still for long enough durations to draw, cut, or color. There is also a chance that your kid’s hand advancement hasn’t grown yet, implying that they don’t like to utilize their pincher fingers to hold the marker/ crayon, or operate the scissors.
Inspiration is essential. Change the product. Change the activity. Bathtub crayons or paints are a favorite at my house. Just picture your child stating, “What did you state mom? I can color on the wall?” when you hand them the paint or crayons in the tub. Washing the pictures away at the end of bath time is a fantastic hand and arm exercise, while drawing on a vertical surface puts their wrist in optimal composing position. Cutting Styrofoam cups, magazines, junk mail, or tissue paper is SO much more enjoyable that cutting paper. Pinching with tweezers utilizes the exact same muscles and hand movements as cutting with scissors.
Quality over amount. Drawing 2 shapes with a great grasp on a crayon is useful. Cutting for 2 minutes is beneficial. Making an activity fun by enabling motion breaks- rolling to get the crayons, or cutting just when music is on and stopping when the music stops briefly is enjoyable! This produces quality time, makes a favorable experience with a task that your child may not otherwise enjoy.
Try not to stress over the push back of practicing these essential fine motor skills. When you provide these enjoyable opportunities, the skills will come. Chat with a pediatric occupational therapist if issues continue- they might be able to use some new ideas, or identify an underlying cause for the challenge.