I loved paperdolls as a kid, so I'm kind of obsessed with this kit:
http://www.paper-source.com/cgi-bin/...071295488.html
If only DD wasn't like 3 years too young for it. Somebody buy this! Maybe my niece would like it for Christmas...
I loved paperdolls as a kid, so I'm kind of obsessed with this kit:
http://www.paper-source.com/cgi-bin/...071295488.html
If only DD wasn't like 3 years too young for it. Somebody buy this! Maybe my niece would like it for Christmas...
Stacy
Wife to K
Mommy to A (5) and twins E & S (1.5)
The biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less. - Anna Quindlen
Those are really cute! I always loved paper dolls, too, but for my DDs...I love magnetic dress-up dolls even more!
DD#1 got this set at 2y (with bears instead of dolls):
http://www.amazon.com/Shure-Wooden-M.../dp/B000I64DYU
and a set similar to this one at 4y (except with 3 dolls and even more outfits):
http://www.amazon.com/Shure-976-Dais...5705953&sr=1-1
DDs and I love both sets! (And I highly recommend this brand!)
Last edited by mommytoC; 09-10-2011 at 10:02 PM.
A, mommytoC (DD#1, born 11/05)...and to K (DD#2, born 4/09)!
We have M&D Maggie Leigh now but I think I like those Shure sets. How long did your 4 yo play with them?
Sarah
DS 5/26/05
DS 5/12/07 our angel
DD 4/8/08
Moralizing and morals are two entirely different things and are always found in entirely different people. Don Herold
She still does...the dolls are standing up in her dollhouse right now. DD#1 tends to prefer the doll's "fancy dress", but I love that they've got a variety of outfits
and accessories, just like her! She played with the bear set a lot, until receiving the dolls. (Recently, though, DD#2 "discovered" the bears, and much prefers them.)
Last edited by mommytoC; 09-10-2011 at 10:54 PM.
A, mommytoC (DD#1, born 11/05)...and to K (DD#2, born 4/09)!
stacy, did you make your own clothes for them?? i used to *love* making paper doll clothes, and these would have been good for that with their hands away from their bodies.
if anyone doesn't know how, let me know & i'll do a written tutorial!
mama to j karst, former 25 weeker, 12/06
A, mommytoC (DD#1, born 11/05)...and to K (DD#2, born 4/09)!
Stacy
Wife to K
Mommy to A (5) and twins E & S (1.5)
The biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make...I did not live in the moment enough. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less. - Anna Quindlen
oh, i'd take the doll and trace the parts that needed to fit (shoulder, wrist, legs, for instance), then take the doll off and draw in the rest of the puffy blouse and jeans, then make tabs, color it & cut it out!
hmm, cutting out from penney's sounds like both less work and more frustration because they don't all stand in quite the same way, darnit. but i'd have tried it if i'd thought of it!
mama to j karst, former 25 weeker, 12/06