Try with some scissors they kids in elementary school use for school projects, i.e. the non sharp ones without pointy ends. At first, we found it best to have one person gently soothe Yoda and hold his body and rub him while the other slowly cuts the area around the eyes. It can be done, you just need a lot of patience as they will fuss and squirm and fight you all the way.
We don't know how one person can do the job when you have a young Yorkie that hasn't had a cut around the eyes! Now Yoda lets Mommy cut the area around his eyes without help from me...