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Grandma's Magic Scissors: Paper Cutting from A-Z

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Grandma's Magic Scissors: Paper Cut-ting From A-Z by Linda S. Day (a.k.a. Grandma) is a fun and creative instructional compendium of do-it-yourself projects for creating intricate, beautiful pieces of art with just a sheet of paper, a pencil, and a pair of scissors. Providing young (and not so young!) readers with a "user friendly" introduction to the inexpensive, fun and artistic pastime of fancy paper cutting, Grandma's Magic Scissors carefully guides the reader through cutting out such designs as The Monkeys and the Crocodile; Praying Parents; and Little Red Hen and Chicks, to Mice; Three Billy Goats Gruff; and Hearts with Bunnies. A wonderful resource for rainy days and other homebound occasions (with a bit of judicious adult supervision), Grandma's Magic Scissors is very strongly recommended for all children, but most especially those with an artistic interest searching for an entertaining and creatively inspiring guide through the decorative art of paper cutting and design.

The book is an introduction to paper cutting. While some of the templates are more advanced, most are not. Good place to start to learn about paper cutting and realize you can do it. Not such a good book to help you continue learning paper cutting

Grandma's Magic Scissors is a wondrous book, chock full of ideas for children to create all sorts of cutouts with just a pair of scissors. Easy reading and enjoyable for adults who watch as their children become creative and use their imaginations.

This book is very easy to use and the results are beautiful. You need to make photocopies of the designs to trace them in theory, but many are so easy to use you can just eyeball it.

Any rainy day, sunny day or boring day is a good time to use this book. My kids, especially my son, love to sit down with a pile of paper and scissors and see how many of these patterns they can cut out. When they are done with the patterns they try making some of their own. A good boredom buster, however as a storyteller I find it is a great way to recap the story I tell by cutting out the pattern that goes with the story. When I am done the kids are fascinated when I unfold the pattern and I get lots of oohs and aahs.

I saw Grandma in person and was mesmorized by her talent. I was with two of my kids and all I heard about for the next week was "can we please buy that book?" I bought the book and my kids have been cutting non stop. I have a 9 and 10 year old and it is easy for them to do the patterns and they are so excited each time one is complete. Rain or shine it keeps them busy and working together. I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!

Grandma's Magic Scissor provides a variety of ideas and stories that can be used in entertaining children. A creative means of keeping and holding a groups attention through creative paper cutting. Illustrations and patterns are easy to follow with each project rated for difficulty. I liked the fact that you could pick up a pair of scissors and cut out something in as little as a minute and it looked great! Instant success for all. If you do anything with children, this is a must have book.

The book is full of great basic instruction in paper cutting and will get you started, but you need something else to help you advance beyond the basics.

This book is fun, you can either get serious with it or use it for entertaining children. Patterns are simple and fun, but you can easily make them more challenging if that's what you want. Papercutting is my favorite hobby,I'm glad I bought this book, is there a Volume II?