More Children's Book Illustrations

I've moved some of the Children's Book Illustration sheets onto new Alice in Wonderland, Brothers' Grimm Fairy Tales and Mother Goose Collage Sheet pages and there are complete lists of all Mother Goose items and Brothers' Grimm Fairy Tales items on the site.

Paper Dolls/Paper Toys Collage Sheets

I've been collecting vintage paper dolls since before I was a costume designer (that's 2 careers ago). Here's a tiny portion of dolls in my collection. I'll add more as soon as possible.

More Paper Dolls

There are Paper Dolls Rubber Stamps.

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Deco Doll Clothes
Clothes (& arms & legs & faces) sized for the Paper Doll Clear Stamp Sets or the Marie Antoinette Jumping Jack Stamp Set. More Carnival-inspired collage sheets.

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Kitty Fashion Plate
Clothes (& legs & heads) sized for the Paper Doll Clear Stamp Sets or the Marie Antoinette Jumping Jack Stamp Set. And since they're designed by Teri Calia, well... they're all cats.

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Kitty Does Vintage
Clothes (& legs & heads) sized for the Paper Doll Clear Stamp Sets or the Marie Antoinette Jumping Jack Stamp Set. And since they're designed by Teri Calia, well... they're all cats.

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Kitty Does Fae
Clothes (& legs & heads) sized for the Paper Doll Clear Stamp Sets or the Marie Antoinette Jumping Jack Stamp Set. And since they're designed by Teri Calia, well... they're all cats.

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Dolly's Costume
Reproduction of an antique paper doll from Leslie's collection (plus some extra black cat borders). As children in the early 20th c seem to have been very clever, here's a scan of the instructions (which use fabulously verbose language).

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Get Dressed

Hats, boots, purses and other accessories for making paper dolls.

Licensed from the fabulous Teri Calia.

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Samples by Design Team Members Frieda Oxenham & Kristin Batsel using this collage sheet with the Doll Parts Collage Sheet, Funny Arms & Legs Collage Sheet, People Die-Cut Chipboard, Journaling Tickets, Steel Blue Dresden Borders & Key Charms.

 

 
Doll Parts

Wigs, legs, hands and faces for making paper dolls.

Licensed from the fabulous Teri Calia.

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Mad Hatter's Tea-Party

These aren't paper dolls in the current usage (with clothes to fasten around a doll — although you can put the top hat on the Mad Hatter); the instructions are for cutting slits to put the characters into the table scene (into the chairs — and you can move them a bit when you make-believe they're talking). Here's a larger sample.

3 Mad Hatter's Teaparty Collage Sheets

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The Queen of Hearts

This is one in a series of paper dolls printed in women's magazines during WWI. I love these dolls that have costumes for the back as well as the front of the character. Includes instructions and a little sketch of how the doll should look when finished. Here's a larger sample.

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The Mock Turtle

This is one in a series of paper dolls printed in women's magazines during WWI. Includes instructions and a little sketch of how the doll should look when finished. I've also added a few images from other books. Here's a larger sample.

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Alice Characters

Alice and the White Rabbit have clothing options, the other characters are just characters. I've duplicated most of the figures a second time in a smaller size. Here's a larger sample.

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The Gryphon

The gryphon (or griffin) is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and often wings of an eagle. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Includes instructions and a little sketch of how the doll should look when finished. I've also added a few images from other books. Here's a larger sample.

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Tweedledum & Tweedledee

This is one in a series of paper dolls printed in women's magazines during WWI. I love these dolls that have costumes for the back as well as the front of the character. Includes instructions and a little sketch of how the doll should look when finished.

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The Mad March Hare

"Mad as a March hare" was a common phrase in Lewis Carroll's time. It is reported in The Annotated Alice by Martin Gardner that this proverb is based on popular belief about hares' behaviour at the beginning of the long breeding season, which lasts from February to September in Britain. Early in the season, unreceptive females often use their forelegs to repel overenthusiastic males.

This sheet includes instructions and a little sketch of how the doll should look when finished. I've also added a few images from other books (I may have mixed in some rabbits with the hares). Here's a larger sample.

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Alice & Flamingo

This is one in a series of paper dolls printed in women's magazines during WWI. I love these dolls that have costumes for the back as well as the front of the character. Includes instructions and a little sketch of how the doll should look when finished. Here's a larger sample.

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The Duchess

Includes instructions and a little sketch of how the doll should look when finished. I've also added a few images from other books. Here's a larger sample.

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Polly Perkins Valentine

This is one in a series of paper dolls printed in women's magazines during the 1930s. The text says, "Polly and Peter are going to a valentine party. Shall they go as Jack and Jill or as the Queen and Knave of Hearts?" Another from this series is below. Here's a larger sample.

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Billy Bumps Paper Doll

From Leslie's stash of vintage women's magazines. Originally printed in 1919. Resized down to one page (cardstock only). Comes with a little accordion-folded book for Billy to hold, and an introduction to the long-running "Dolly Dingle" paper doll series, illustrated by Grace G. Drayton, which began in 1913.

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Goosey, Goosey Gander Paper Toy

I've resized the toys smaller (magazines were quite large in 1918!) so the largest (the goose with a bobbing head) stands 6". Full instructions with illustrations included. (Cardstock only.)

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Peter Pumpkin-Eater Paper Dolls

Another set from Leslie's stash of vintage women's magazines. Originally printed in 1934. Resized down to one page (cardstock only).

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Sample Art


 


 


 

Inspiration


Paper Doll Clear Stamp Sets

 


Dolls in the Attic Collage Sheet

 


Funny Arms & Legs Collage Sheet

 


4 Faces Rubber Stamp Set

 


Brass Fans

 


Alice in Wonderland
Collage Sheet Page

 


Alice Tea Party
Rubber Stamp Set

 


Alice's Adventures
Rubber Stamp Set

 


Brass Charms Tea Set

 

More Inspiration


The Toymaker: Paper Toys That You Can Make Yourself
 


Automata and Mechanical Toys
 


Beyond Paper Dolls: Expressive Paper Personas Crafted with Innovative Techniques and Art Mediums
 


Collection by Design:
A Paper Doll History
of Costume 1750-1900