I'd guess many of you ladies played with paper dolls as a child. I remember making many of my own on rainy afternoons when I couldn't go outdoors with my critters. I even still have a couple of my favorite "store bought" dolls. I was looking for something for my granddaughter to do the other day and found there are lots of printable paper dolls on the internet. Many are pre-colored but there are some that are black & white that the kids can color themselves. I found everything from old childhood paperdolls like Betsy McCall and Shirley Temple to Princess Diana and the Berenstain Bears. (Even without my granddaughter I was having a great time!)

Sorry I can't do the links but here's a couple places to get you started:

http://www/geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/8955/pdolls.html

http://www.midpa.com/betsymccall/

But you can just do a search using "printable paper dolls" and you will find a ton of websites!

Have fun! And be sure to let your kids have some too!

-- Lenette (kigervixen@nospam.com), May 08, 2002

Answers

What a neat site! Thanks for sharing with us. Jennathome

-- jennathome (normaj3@iwon.com), May 09, 2002.

Lenette, I love paper dolls when I was a kid. Nice memories, thanks. I can't get into the first site though, I'll try later.

-- Cindy (S.E.IN) (atilrthehony_1@yahoo.com), May 09, 2002.

Lenette-------thank you I have printed many of the printable paper dolls & I take them already cut out & I put clear contact paper on them--- take to the care homes I visit-----so many of the women love them--found several of my Alzheimers patiences love them & play with them---

There are many who enjoy them----great therapy--for many ages & many conditions!!!!

-- Sonda in Ks. (sgbruce@birch.netss), May 09, 2002.

Sonda, thanks for the idea of covering them with clear contact paper! Something I should have thought of myself but didn't. I always glue them to light cardboard but hadn't thought about protecting the front.

I hadn't thought of using them for older people, either. What a great idea. There are some really beautiful paper dolls out there, especially some of the Gone with the Wind types and Victorian styles.

With all the historical costumes, I could even see the dolls being of real value in homeschooling.

-- Lenette (kigervixen@nospam.com), May 09, 2002.