I was way off the mark thinking my newly turned two year old could use the toddler kind 
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I think a lot of it depends on how your child's fine motor skills are. My younger son was using scissors at 2.5/3, just cutting paper into shreds mostly - but my older son (who had more of a fine motor delay) wasn't comfortably using them until he was 3.5/4 - but he also had a hard time holding a crayon/coloring till we strengthened up his hands a bit.
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A little after 2.5 with direction and occasional finger placement help. A little after 3 independently, but it was still just random cuts/shreds. Between 3.5-4 she got better at cutting on lines and cutting out specific shapes - but even now at 5.5 she has trouble with certain shapes.
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That makes sense. Thank you!
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DS1 got a lot better at using them at 4. Honestly he learned a lot of it at school! I haven’t let DS2 touch scissors yet at 2.25yo. He’s more daring than his brother!
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I'm sure DD (4) uses them at school(daycare), and has been for a while, but I am terrified to let her use them at home. I walked in on my friends dd, when she was around my daughters age, cutting all her hair off. I'm scarred for life; she is 17 now, so, its been 13ish years.
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Scissors came way later than I would have thought. My older girls got relatively trustworthy with them around 4-5, and at 6 and 8 are pretty good with them, but still couldn't cut out anything too detailed (like complicated snowflakes, for example). The 8 year old is becoming more precise recently. My 3.5 year old really can't even make a pair of scissors work.
When I was in kindergarten, my teacher had to send home remedial cutting dittos for me to practice with at home. I was awful!
I went on to be streamed into a gifted and talented program, was valedictorian of my class, and graduated magna cum laude from my university's honors program...and I happen to be really good at small crafts like beading, needlework, etc....so early scissors use (or lack thereof) is apparently not a predictor of life success (or even future fine motor skills)... 
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I had never seen my 3.5 yr old even attempt scissors. Then I got a call from preschool while at work that she cut her bangs. We were trying to grow them out, but she decided she was tired of them being in her eyes. The school was so worried I'd be upset, but I just laughed.
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You can get little plastic scissors without blades to use with play dough. That’s a good way for toddlers to try them out safely.
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Basic straight cutting by about 2.5. My experience in three different preschools is that it was introduced in the second half of the year in 2’s classroom. But of course cutting more intentionally took longer.
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@oldschooolmama: I want to say my two older kids started around 3 and were able to cut well by 4 or somewhere around there. My 2.5 year old can’t yet but that’s intentional on our part. She actually has great fine motor skills so I’m not worried about scissor skills specifically.
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@JENNYLAYNEAZ I’m in my 30’s and my mom still won’t let me forget the time I cut my hair
apparently she didn’t learn because my younger sister also cut her hair but because she cut her bangs her hair never really grew back for some reason. Now she just has these weird little wispy strands.
I went on to be streamed into a gifted and talented program, was valedictorian of my class, and graduated magna cum laude from my university's honors program...and I happen to be really good at small crafts like beading, needlework, etc....so early scissors use (or lack thereof) is apparently not a predictor of life success (or even future fine motor skills)... Reply
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