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Swap out this year’s jigsaw puzzle in favor of something new: a DIY paper-cutting craft.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2017

In April of 2013, during an elevator ride, Kohl, who is fluent in German, was asked by a theatre friend whether she knew how to produce scherenshnitte, a Germanic form of paper-cutting art.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 12, 2014

He attached four industrial-size paper-cutting blades to the grungy yellow front door of his Manhattan apartment.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2011

Other paper-cutting suggestions: Print on both sides of a sheet of paper.

From Inc • Apr. 22, 2010

I had taken it from the museum, and used it for paper-cutting.

From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Jókai, Mór