Stormy Day Dolls

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After seeing this post at Sugar City Journal I’ve been thinking about making some personalized paper dolls, but it seemed like so much work to cut out all of their clothes and my kids get frustrated when the clothes don’t stay on the dolls. We have a toy similar to this one from Woodkins, so we made some personalized dolls from cardboard and card stock. The hardest part was trying to get the kids still for a picture. They drew some hair, but you could add some with yarn or make changeable hair cut-outs. I then cut some fabric scraps and let them change the clothes around. You can make a dress by slipping the fabric over the leg separation. Creating and playing with these dolls occupied them for much of the afternoon!

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Works on Paper

Works on paper and a couple made from paper. Here’s a quick post about some artists who have caught my attention lately.

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Simone sent me the link to the lovely paper dolls by Portuguese artist Ana Ventura. You can purchase her postcards as seen above here (don’t trust me on the euro conversion, but I think you can purchase these for under $7).

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Another paper artist, Patricia Zapato of A Little Hut creates wonderful cut paper images like Hiding, above (8″x10″, $35).

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Just added the Etsy shop of Creative Thursday to my new Etsy Favorites page. A print of buttercup (8.5″x11″), above, is available in her Etsy shop for $35.