Mermaid paper dolls

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Original Paper Collage Painting by inkspired

All paper collages are hand cut from recycled junk mail - catalogs, flyers, magazines, etc.

Let’s have some fun with mermaid paper dolls!

Unless noted, these are all free for you to download and print for your personal enjoyment. Let’s play nice and not try to sell them or mass produce any.

Unfortunately most I have found on Pinterest with no identifying info on who drew them or where you could find them.

As always, I try to give credit where it is due. If you know information about any of these please let me know so I can give credit.

Some of the paper doll clothes do not have tabs, so be sure to add those when you are cutting them out.

Artist: Milka Tertsunen; ArtStation

Cory Jensen is a favorite paper doll artist of mine for two reasons. He is incredibly talented, and most of his paper dolls he offers for free! Here are a few of his:

Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

By Cory Jensen

Here are a few more versions of The Little Mermaid; many are styled after Disney’s Ariel.

By Cory Jensen

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By Cory Jensen

‘Irina’ Collage Art Doll by inkspired

Paperthinpersonas.com

If you like these paper dolls the artist offers free ones when you sign up for her e-mails.

Artist: Audrey Kaiser

Print out your mermaid twice. The first one glue to thin cardboard, like a cereal box. Or you can print onto a heavier weight cardstock. Then cut out. Draw a stand on first if you want, and cut as one.

The second print is printed on paper. Cut the costumes out, remembering to add tabs if there aren’t any. If it needs to be colored, do this before you cut out.

Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

I thought we needed some mer-men to compliment our mermaids.

Here is a jointed merman by a different artist-

Artist: Shawne Johnson

Here is another jointed PaperDoll, a mermaid, you can put together with brads, eyelets, or string.

PheeMcFaddell.com

Here is one by the same artist that you can color yourself-

This next one is just the mermaid. I thought it was such a great, simple design that you might like to draw some outfits for her. 

Print her out. Go over the major lines with a black Sharpie. Place on a window, with a plain sheet of paper on top. Trace the main lines. Now you have the basic shape and you can start creating outfits to fit!

Make a few copies of the basic shape. Draw your clothes slightly larger, and don’t forget to add tabs. Since she is a mermaid, draw a stand so she can stand alone for playtime. You could draw a piece of coral or seaweed for her to ‘sit’ on.

Have fun!

www.finfriends.com/printable-mermaid-easter-paper-dolls/

Posted on Pinterest by Crafty Annabelle

Now it’s time to go take a break and drink some water and eat goldfish crackers!

The next 2 mermaid paper dolls are by the same artist, but very different styles-

Artist: Julie Allen Matthews

Artist: Julie Allen Matthews 

Next I have 2 more by Cory Jensen-

Paper dolls by Cory Jensen

The next 2 paper dolls are Lucia and Rina, drawn in manga style-

Artist unknown

 I’ve covered many different styles of mermaids for you. Now the hard part - which one to pick to print and play with first?

‘Til next time,

inkspired

You can find me on Pinterest as

Karen Kloberdans

Paper doll bonanza

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Antique paper dolls

After finishing a blog on a paper doll party, and then one on aprons, I find I have quite a few paper dolls that I wasn’t able to share.

Let’s have fun with them today!

All of the paper dolls I am sharing today are vintage/antique and have no copyright restrictions, as far as I can tell.

My suggestion is download, print, and have fun! Don’t share and say they are yours.

Don’t sell them.

I found a ton of paper dolls on Pinterest similar to the one above. I have run them through a program I have that enhances and sharpens images. It mostly works wonders, although sometimes it tweaks the paper dolls’ faces a little weirdly.

When you cut this one out, be sure to add in the tabs she will need for her clothes to stay on.

These next ones feature aprons in at least one of the costumes -

I love the peasant costume with this one!

The above paper doll looks like it is showing costumes from different regions of the same country.

This next one is an antique French set-

remember to add on tabs before cutting.

Some of these next ones have really tiny tabs. I would extend them to make them bigger, so the costume doesn’t fall off the doll.

Did you notice something about those last 4 sets? They all have an ethnic costume included! I wish I could tell you the nationalities, but I don’t know them.

Do you?

Many of these sets have paper dolls without any kind of stand. Check out the one above for a great stand you can add on. Here is another idea for making stands for your dolls.

ikatbag.com

I would suggest printing out a copy of just the doll part. That way there is room for you to draw a base similar to this one:

WikiHow

Next you have a couple of choices.

Here is a very simple stand to glue on the back. You can also notch your pieces and make a stand with your strip base:

By Cory Jensen

Donna Grimm posted this on Facebook.

Here are a few more paper dolls:

I hope you have noticed these paper dolls have a mix of regular clothes, and fairytale land costumes; or national costumes. 

When cutting out the paper doll, glue it onto some cereal box cardboard, or similar weight cardboard. After cutting out, the glued doll is sturdy and ready to support clothes.

This doll has another kind of stand.

Be sure to use heavy cardstock or cardboard to make this style work.

Can’t figure out any of those? Want a different stand? Then use binder clips!

Leanne Organize & Decorate

You can also use a simple paper clip,

or a couple clothespins!

ai_kuko, Pinterest

Lulu, Pinterest

I hope you have enjoyed all these paper dolls!
Cutting out and playing with paper dolls is a great fine motor activity.

Being creative and coming up with storylines stimulates your brain.

Playing with paper dolls is a healthy activity!

‘Til next time,

inkspired