Nursing deep paper cuts (23.6% average for newspapers), many a publisher thought this meant a healing increase in allotments would be coming their way. Not so.

But is there an easier way? In this latest edition of "Try It Before You Buy It" we're putting this wrapping paper cutter to the test. We got it on Amazon for about $9.

Small and powerful laser diodes are getting cheaper and cheaper, and there are a few commercial products that give anyone the ability to cut paper and vinyl with a computer-controlled cutting machi… ...

A couple of viewers asked us to test the cutter after seeing videos of it in action on Facebook and Instagram. We ordered the green cylinder for $12 from a company called Ownest on Amazon.

I did lessons with shapes that I cut on the paper cutter. I had the children identify the shapes, then make a design out of it. For instance, I would give the children four black circles, two red ...