Fun with Scissors or Paper Pictures (#4371)

Likely a later iteration, ca. 1910-1920. Printed box, 10x13 inches, housing [8]p illustrated instructions, 6 silhouette example sheets, 10 cutout shapes, 1 large red paper sheet and 10 squares each of red, purple, yellow, orange, blue, and green (still in its wrapper!). The box lacks compartments and has some creasing and reinforcement, but is vivid and intact. 

Based on Froebel’s thirteenth Gift, paper cutting, the accompanying booklet reads, "The child seems to be possessed naturally with an irresistible desire to use scissors and to cut something... doubtless paper cutting has its mission as a means of development, otherwise it would not have been assigned a place among the kindergarten occupations. While no one can bring out the real value of it in the home, as is done in the kindergarten, it may nevertheless be made fascinating and instructive." A good example of the Milton Bradley Company repackaging their “Kindergarten Materials” into a recreational novelty for home play.