First children's scissors: our advice for choosing them well

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Creative activities are ideal for occupying children while stimulating their imagination.Gommettes, chalks, felts, pencils, plasticine, masking tape, ... it is not the ideas that are missing to develop the creativity of children.There is still an object that requires reflection: the scissors.If children all want to try the art of cutting, it is imperative to choose scissors adapted to their age because they can be dangerous.We take stock of the different types of children's scissors here.

Which scissors to choose for your child?

The child can start finding this fun to use his first pair of scissors around 2 and a half years old.However, he will still have trouble handling them.To take no risk, we favor round ends and plastic blades for the first pair of scissors in your child.Thus the child can learn to cut safely and embark on new creative activities.Scissors with plastic blades have the advantage of cutting only paper and materials like plasticine.Thus, the child is not likely to cut a finger or the hair.Small flat, they cut much less well than a pair of conventional scissors and its use can be disappointing.They are therefore used to teach the gesture to the child but we favor cutting of plasticine rather than paper with this type of scissor.Ceuses with identical curls or rings of different size?Make available to your child the 2 types of scissors to see with which he feels most comfortable.It is also important to take into account the length of the blades.The shorter the blades, the easier the scissors will be to open and close.To help your child learn to cut, you can also opt for learning scissors with 2 holes.The adult and the child can thus use the scissors simultaneously and the child is thus guided in his gesture.Left -handed or right -handed?A difference that may have its importance on the choice of the first children's scissors!So be careful to check that the scissors are adapted to your child so that he can cut properly.For a left -hander, the right -handed scissors will not allow him to see the line to cut well.

How to teach a child to use scissors?

Once the scissors are appropriate for her child found, we show him how to hold them and how to use them.With plastic blades scissors, we can start for example by making it cut plasticine.We suggest that he do plastering paste then to cut them into "logs".The primary objective being to make the child understand how to open and close the scissors.Once the movement is included, we can show him simple exercises to cut out forms and thus follow lines to work the precision.For this, nothing could be simpler, we draw shapes on a sheet or provide him with pre-filled coloring pages.

Discover here a selection of children's scissors.

Set of 4 funny scissors

The cute form makes the cut more interesting, which inspires the creativity of children.This pair of scissors is suitable for cutting paper, manual children's work, creative cutting design, etc..

From 3 years old adapted left and right -handed prices: € 9.99

Set of 3 creative scissors (plastic blades) with 3 forms of cutting

These round and fiberglass scissors cut neither the fabric, the hair, nor the skin.They only cut paper and are therefore more secure than a pair of conventional scissors.Each pair of scissors is associated with an animal, a different color as well as a different cutting shape.

From 3 years old: € 5.26

Kit "I learn to cut"

Ideal kit for teaching your child.It includes safety scissors and conventional scissors, 16 sheets of cutting paper and 8 XXL sheets whose cutting complexity gradually increases.The child must follow the dotted lines printed on the papers.Age: from 3 years old: € 10.99

Green preschool scissors with plastic blades

From 3 years.The ideal scissors for toddlers to learn how to use them, with an ergonomic design and a spring to facilitate the opening.Plastic blades and rounded point for more safety.Do not cut hair, skin or clothes.

Age: from 3 years old: € 3.87 suitable for right -handers

Children's scissors with flexible rings and 3D ergonomics

MAPED takes extreme care to make its school supplies.If the rings of the sensoft scissors are flexible and ergonomic, the blades are made of stainless steel.The scissors thus offer a high quality of cut, precise and do not dull over time.School scissors will therefore resist several years of schooling.

Age: from 4 years old: € 4.14

Learning scissors for preschool children

These children's learning scissors are perfect for the first cuts.Their handling is facilitated thanks to the double rings and the spring.With their covered and round blades, they are secure and only cut the paper.

Age: from 3 years old: € 3.90 for right -handers and left -handers

Paper cutting activity kit with children's scissors

The Fun Paper Cutting Fun Cutting Kit is designed for small hands, improves coordination of eye-hand, promotes fine motor skills and cognitive capacities, and offers children a creative concentration and a feeling of performance.The kit contains: 100 different images, 2 safety scissors for children with a round point.Children's scissors have 2 large fingertips that offer control and comfort, whatever the way children hold the scissors.Suitable for the left or right hand.Perfect for scrapbooking, making greeting cards and manual work for children.

Age: from 3 years old: € 13.77

7 pieces of safety scissors for children's perforator of origami paper hole set bright colors Safety scissors in P

The cutting kit includes: 3 pairs of plastic scissors (can only cut paper and cardboard, do not cut the child's finger or hair), 150 sheets (easy, resistant and durable folding) as well asA large and a small embossing device (cherry blossoms and four -leaf clover)

Age: from price: € 14.99

Pair of scissors + 5 interchangeable blades

With this creative cutting box by Maped, children choose to personalize their cutting thanks to 5 interchangeable blades games.The blades change very easily with a clip -on system to make different forms of cutting.The blades loaded with fiberglass cut neither the fabric, the hair, nor the skin.Cut the paper from 40 to 250 g.

Age: from 3 years old: € 13.18

Gauchy children's scissors

These round bout scissors and metal blades are perfect for left -handed children who wish to embark on real cutting work.

Age: from 3 years old: € 2.15

Kit "I learn to cut"

Children can learn to cut safely with this DIY kit containing safe scissors and paper.They will learn to cut along the lines.The pre-printed cutting sheets include cutting exercises whose level of difficulty varies.The whole contains 16 cutting sheets and safe scissors.

Age: from 3 years old: € 9