It’s a Paper Doll kind of Christmas

Welcome!

A kaleidoscope by me

Today I would like to share with you 
something that is dear to my heart - 

Paper dolls!

Paper dolls found on Pinterest
Pinned by mellymodolls.tumblr.com

With paper dolls all you need is a pair of scissors
and let your imagination go!

By Jenny B. Harris
Found on Pinterest

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You can find paper dolls to fit anyone’s style,
hobbies, likes, and dreams.

Some are realistic, some are cutesy,
some are realistic and some are just silly.

Poinsettia jointed elf by Mary Mauritz 
Posted on Pinterest by origamibears.com
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If you want to browse through A LOT of paper dolls
Check out this web site:

www.origamibears.com

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There are many animal paper dolls available now.
Here is a bear and a mouse!

Santa Bear by Peggy Jo Richmund? Rosemund?

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Joan Walsh Anglund is a charming artist
with a very distinctive style.

She has several different Christmas themed paper dolls.
Here is one page with 2 dolls.

By Joan Walsh Anglund

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Here is a set much more realistic,
from a paper doll book by Dover Publications.
They are a great site to purchase paper dolls of all kinds.

I believe the paper doll book is called ‘Santa’s Elves’
By Dover Publications

🎄 Using scissors at an early age helps develop 
fine motor skills.
As we continue to use scissors I believe it helps with our dexterity.
And then there’s that thing called
Eye - Hand coordination!
(Some of us need more help than others in that area!)

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A good tip to remember while cutting out anything:

Move the paper, not your scissors.
Try it! It truly helps.

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If you have a child of any age around
(daughter, son, niece, nephew, neighbor, etc)
invite them over for a paper doll afternoon.

Tell us about it! Take pictures and share with us!
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You don’t have to buy a book of paper dolls either.
Here are 3 paper dolls I made from
recycled magazines, catalogs and flyers,
and old playing cards.
I used brads to make their arms/legs and head moveable.

Original altered paper doll by inkspired

 Original altered art paper doll by inkspired

Original altered playing card paper doll by inkspired

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Most of all, have fun!

‘Til next time,
Inkspired

Truth: (usually discovered before coffee in the am.)
The bottle of milk does not go in the pantry.
The cereal also does not go in the refrigerator.

Kaleidoscope by inkspired

I Spy with my little Eye a fairy fluttering by..

vintage fairy

'I stood against the window

And I looked between the bars,

And there were strings of fairies

Hanging from the stars;

Everywhere and everywhere

In shining, swinging chains;

The air was full of shimmering,

Like sunlight when it rains.'

1st stanza: 'I Stood Against the Window' by Rose Fyleman

fairies dancing upon the water, from a vintage ad

'They kept on swinging, swinging,

They flung themselves so high

They caught upon the pointed moon

and hung across the sky.

And when I woke next morning,

There still were crowds and crowds

In beautiful bright bunches

All sleeping on the clouds.'

2nd stanza: 'I Stood Against the Window' by Rose Fyleman

http://www.celticfairymusic.com/fairy-stories/fairy-poetry.htm

illustration by Frances Brundage

found on picssr.com

a teddy bear fairy paperdoll

Teddy Bear paper doll set by Beverly Matteson Pont

c. 1954 - 1995

found on origamibears.com

'Buttercups in the sunshine look like little cups of gold.
Perhaps the Faeries come to drink the raindrops
that they hold."

 - Elizabeth T. Dillingham in "Faery Song"

vintage fairy found on www.bumblebutton.blogspot.com

Courtesy of Dover Publications, website address to the right.

The Fairies by Robert Herrick*

If ye will with Mab find grace,

Set each Platter in his place:

Rake the Fier up, and get

Water in, ere Sun be set.

Wash your Pailes, and clense your Dairies;

Sloths are loathsome to the Fairies:

Sweep your house:

Who doth not so,

Mab will pinch her by the toe.

vintage Queen Mab of the fairies from

Treasury of Verse for Little Children cover art

vintage Butterfly Fairy

Let's do some 'splainin'.

Queen Mab is the queen of the Fairies, and is found in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'.

As this is a vintage poem, 

you will find the spellings a bit 'odd'!

Fier is today spelled: Fire

Pailes is today spelled: Pails

Clense is today spelled: Cleanse

I also edited the word "Sloths".

In the original poem it is "Sluts".

However, the meaning has changed quite a bit from then to now! We consider 'sluts' to be 'bad women who sell or give their bodies for sex.

This is certainly NOT what Mr. Herrick means in his poem!

I substituted the word "Sloths" which I feel is more accurate terminology in our modern world.

'Titannia' by Karen Prince

I found many poems that refer to Queen Mab 

who will pinch you if you do not do things her way.

It was almost always referring to: 

'pinch you til you're black and blue',

and this is done while you are sleeping!

Tatania by Frederick Howard Michael

closeup of Tatania's crown

My scan isn't so great, 

but it is like a moth/butterfly floated down on her head 

to be her tiara!

fairy to color on a green background

courtesy of Dover publications

'Angel Pond' found on www.paintermagazine.co.uk

'til next time,
inkspired

www.inkspired.etsy.com

www.collagepaperpainting.etsy.com

www.inkspiredmusings.blogspot.com

and on pinterest:  K.Kloberdans