In my last Rainbow Resource order, I got the American Family Paper Doll book and restickable glue. That's not all I got of course, but I don't want to go off on a tangent here. I've spent the past couple of evenings cutting dolls out and am starting to find it quite relaxing. I have a little routine going, which has smoothed things out considerably. I begin by cutting out the actual dolls for a time period and setting them aside. Then I take my handy dandy art knife (Office Depot clearance today for $4, includes a cutting mat) and cut out the face areas and hats for all the outfits for that time period. I then sit down in the easy chair and relax using my scissors to cut the rest of the outfits out. I found cutting the whole outfit out with the X-Acto knife a little tedious. After the time period is complete, I apply the restickable glue to the backs of all their outfits and wait for it to dry. Then I take the outfits, sort them by character onto card stock, and put the card stock in a binder that will eventually have the entire American Family series. I plan on purchasing the relevant dolls as we come up on them in history.
I really think one of these doll sets will be perfect to put in the girls' workboxes. I'm putting together Miss Pink's and Miss Purple's at the moment. More on that later along with the other great stuff I got from RR.
I think I commented on this before? I'm going to again because I'm testing out your embedded link field :-)
ReplyDeleteMy girls love paper dolls. I'm not sure how much playing with them helps them learn about history, but I think that when we are learning history, they are able to put pictures to their thoughts because they have planed with the dolls. They make a lot of their own as well. I recommend getting serious early on about organizing them. A photo album is a good way to store them.