editors' tips: paper dolls

My four-year-old, Abby, and I make our own paper dolls. She tells me what she wants (princess, artist, cook, ballerina, "sporty girl"...). Then, I draw the outline (note: some doodling skills help), she colors it in, and I cut it out. Here's "Fairy Queen":

Jenny_butterfly_queen_3

I'm not quite sure why these paper figures are so enthralling, but they are; she plays with them by herself for hours on end. I have about 80,000 of them in my house now. She's obsessed. Click below to see "Proper Lady" and "School Girl."

Proper Lady: Jenny_proper_lady_3

School Girl: Jenny_sporty_girl_3

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April 14, 2008

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