I have had a lifelong love of paper dolls. But they are so easy to tear!!! Here is a fun idea for simple paper dolls made from an old milk jug. Get creative! Make people, animal, houses, cars, and whole villages out of these plentiful, sturdy jugs. They are sturdier than cardboard (we’ve made paper…
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Free Printable Paper Doll Club Coloring Book
A thank you gift for you! This beautiful coloring book is 43 pages of drawings by Rosie, Paloma, Kells, and myself. Enjoy it yourself and/or give it as a gift. Just print it out, staple it together, and wrap it with a brand new set of gel pens, colored pencils, or crayons. We are offering…
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…
The Snow Child Paper Dolls
This week’s paper dolls were inspired by a beautiful play that the girls and I saw with a friend over the weekend. It was based on a Russian folktale called The Snow Child, about a barren couple who build a child out of snow. Through love and magic, the child comes to life. The play…
Paper Doll and Song: Stargirl
This week, Rosie decided to make a “space girl,” so I was inspired to illustrate a character from a song that I wrote several years ago called Stargirl and Moonboy. It is a sweet little love song that Randy and I recorded here at the house. I play accordion, and he plays guitar, bass, and Irish…
6 Quick Kid-Friendly Crafts Made from Recycled Materials
I recently finished my miniseries called How-To Tuesdays. To make it easier to find these in my blog, I am just putting them all together here in one post. Hope you can find something to make with your kiddos using things you have laying around the house. These are quick, easy, inexpensive playthings that can…
How-To Tuesdays #1: Milk Jug “Paper Dolls”
It us turning out to be an amazing summer for us. Randy is spending a record amount of hours in the living-room-recording studio. (If you haven’t heard any of our sneak-previews from the new album, check them out on our website–www.thejosephineknot.com) There is a lot of creative energy bouncing around here. As a challenge and…