When my kids were little (hubby too)I would tie a red thread on anything they were NOT to use. I think they believed I would break their hands if they touched it. grin actually a rule was, you break it, you replace it. However, I did have a supply of paper scissors, markers, paper etc in a drawer, that they use at any time. If they really needed to use the fabric scissors, they knew all they had to do was ask and I would supervise what they were doing with it. Makes me laugh when I see them using that same thing with their kids and grand kids.