We decided, at grade 5, to create some  ballerinas that would be easy to make after making some snowflakes. The basic shape is symmetrical, so you can fold the paper in two and only do half the cutting.

These are the steps from an very useful page KROKOTAK

Fold in half on the dotted line and  do the cutting.

The skirt is very easy – you only fold 3 times so there would not be too many layers that would make cutting difficult.

You can use any variety of shapes.

After the skirt has been cut out, fold it in two and make a slip to insert the ballerina.

Unfold only when the figure is already in place.

Here you can see the results