scissors – Mimi the Artist https://mimitheartist.com Art for Fun and MUCH More! Sun, 05 Feb 2023 14:50:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://mimitheartist.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-512x512Logo4-32x32.png scissors – Mimi the Artist https://mimitheartist.com 32 32 Using Scissors https://mimitheartist.com/using-scissors/ Wed, 11 Jan 2023 16:23:44 +0000 https://mimitheartist.com/?page_id=5917 Read More

]]> Children often have very little experience with scissors and how to cut paper properly. I have taught art for many years and have found that just a few simple tips taught to the students will improve their cutting experience greatly! My YouTube video shows the full lesson but if you are in a hurry, here are the main points:

  1. The hand that is holding the scissors remains pretty much stationary, just opening and closing the scissors. The elbow stays close to one’s side.
  2. The hand holding the paper does ALL the twisting of the paper.
  3. The center areas of the scissor blades are the main cutting edges… NOT the tip and NOT the part near the “hinge/screw”.
  4. NIBBLE cut! Think of the scissors as a little fish and it is nibbling at the paper, NOT a large shark going chomp, chomp, chomp. By using the center section and opening and closing the blades just a little bit while using the hand that holds the paper to slowly twist the paper to keep the cutting section moving along the cut-out comes out smooth and without ragged edges. The video shows how this works.

]]> Snowflakes https://mimitheartist.com/teaching/ Sat, 03 Dec 2022 13:09:37 +0000 https://mimitheartist.com/?page_id=5622 Art Lesson Ideas

Teaching how to make Snowflakes using simple printer paper is a great way to teach several basic skills including paper folding, how to make a square out of a rectangle, and most importantly, how to use scissors!

Examples of snowflakes for the students to see some of the fun options and variations available.
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