Please tell me you’ve gotten behind on your Creative Family Advent. (((Well, I have too.))) Just checking back in here to tell you (and myself) that it is ok! This doesn’t have to happen every day, and you do not have to go back and make up what you missed. If you have participated in…
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Found Object Nativity Scene: Creative Family Advent Day 1
This was a really sweet project. I told the kids we were going to make a Nativity Scene from found objects. We bundled up, went out, and started gathering materials. The picture I had in my head originally is drastically different than our finished product, but I am sooooo happy with the way it came…
Double-The-Puzzles: Family Art Project
Simple, sweet, easy-as-pie art project for kids… Make a puzzle on the back side of your existing puzzle! You can literally have double-the-puzzles, not to mention hours of fun for you little ones designing, drawing, and coloring your own one-of-a-kind puzzle. The how-to’s are very simple. 1. Put your puzzle together. 2. Flip it over….
The Princess and The Pea and Beauty and the Beast
Hello from The Paper Doll Club. We are having some technical difficulties around here. Our internet has been down off and on for two weeks, which has made uploading impossible, and last week our scanner died. (See the weird marks on the bottom of Paloma’s drawing) : ( So, I am going to take the pressure…
Poppy, Lady Leucojum, and Friends
Happy Spring from The Paper Doll Club. I love the girls’ drawings this week. Rosie’s Poppy has a beautiful pink poppy dress. I love everything about this doll. Paloma’s little girls are full of rich details. One of the friends is carrying a basket of easter eggs. I hope you enjoy playing with these paper…
Miss Blackbird Pie
In honor of Pi Day, I made a pie dolly today. She is based on the old nursery rhyme: Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye 4 and 20 blackbirds, baked in a pie When the pie was opened, the birds began to sing Wasn’t that a dainty dish to set before…
Miss Vanilla, CatPuppies,The Fox and Rabbit, and Super Bunny
Happy Monday from The Paper Doll Club! Today we have some sweet paper dolls for you. Miss Vanilla has ice cream for hair and a combination sugar cone/plain cone dress. If she gets cold, you can put on her strawberry syrup shawl, and if she’d like to go out for some fun, put on her…
Super Bunny Boy, Ninja Bunnies, Baby Sisters, and Girls With Fans
Happy Leap Day! This is a fun week from The Paper Doll Club. For all of the little boys who have patiently endured weeks of princesses and very girly paper dolls, this week is for you! Super Bunny Boy is a fun little guy. I especially like his skinny rocket pjs. Hope you will have fun coloring…
Best Friends, Girls, and a Bunny from The Paper Doll Club
Some sweet girls by Rosie and Paloma this week. I think you will love all of the detail to color in Paloma’s girls. She made a doll named Rosie that is very Valentine-y, complete with a heart sweater, box of chocolates, heart crown, and special bouquet of flowers. Rosie has made a beautiful girl with…
Valentines and The Queen of Hearts
Happy February from The Paper Doll Club. This week, we made Valentines! Print them out on some card stock, color them, write your to and from on the back, and pass them out or drop them in the mail for Valentine’s Day. I loved making these. My favorite is the peanut butter and jelly sandwich….
Cinderella, Little Red, and Sleeping Beauty Paper Dolls
We were in a fairy tale mood this week. I had a lot of fun drawing Cinderella, which was one of my favorites as a child. Rosie’s Little Red Riding Hood is beautiful and sweet. Perfect for play. Paloma drew a lovely Sleeping Beauty. (I am slightly terrified of her old witch with the spinning…
The Nutcracker Paper Dolls and Gift Idea
Merry Christmas from The Paper Doll Club! Here is the promised Week 2 of The Nutcracker Doll Set with Clara and The Mouse King. (Last week we posted The Nutcracker and The Sugar Plum Fairy.) Hope you enjoy them. Rosie made a beautiful Clara doll, and I think you will agree that Kells’ Mouse King…