I look after my dgds twice a week and yesterday I had them and we did our usual arts and crafts. I've got loads of ribbons and glue and we just cut out pictures from magazine and stick them down. Keep them entertained for ages.
I let them use my small (adult) scissors but I'm always at the table with them when they're using them. They are 3 and a half and 5. They're very confident and I can see the 3.5 year old has got better at using them over the past few months. At no point are they in danger that I can see - they don't run around with them. But my daughter came to pick the girls up yesterday and got very carried away by how dangerous it was allowing them to have scissors and I need to be more responsible. 
What do you think? I hate the plastic kids' scissors because I think they're a con and kids are perfectly capable of learning to use proper things if done safely.
Personally I bpught two pairs of children's scissors when the oldest two were small, not wanting to be responsible for any injuries. I think they have all used them when small. After about age 7 they gave used small grown up scissors and they are very fussy about how to handle them or pass them (ie holding by closed blades when passing) as taught at school. If a parent was concerned about anything I was doing I would of course stop immediately, not argue, even if I thought I was right!
Like others I get very nervous about playgrounds (children running behind swings , falling off things etc) but the parents seem very relaxed!
I do sometimes forget to turn pan handles away from edge when cooking, not being used to small children about very often, and have been reprimanded. 
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