Cut a long strip of tartan paper, then a small chunk to begin each letter. Hold your paper carefully, and cut into it carefully, little by little, to make each individual letter.

As ever, when cutting a curvy shape, hold it carefully, and keep turning it, not the scissors. Make your letters a decent size to hold, to make it easier to cut them.

Keep holding your letter carefully, and keep turning it to cut good curves. The letter S is one of the trickiest, so just go easy, take your time. Start with easier letters, to build up your confidence and skill. You can do it.

This is very tricky - cutting away the inside of the S letter. Just go easy.Hold the letter firmly, and cut carefully.

Just the last part of the S letter - trimming off the ends.

And there you go! One of the handiest words in the Scots vocabulary! Hee-hee!