Paper Dolls

I mentioned before how, when I've really got things together, I'll have some after school projects already set up for C.  Here's one that has often been requested, mostly by her Thursday play date pal, so we've had lots of fun with it.  The project was posted on This Mama Makes Stuff.  I've tried using fabric scraps as she described but found that for four-year olds, it's best to use paper.  They especially like it if I've pre-cut some dresses, shorts, etc but I don't always do that.

Here's a hodge podge of decorating bits ready to go.

And some finished dolls.

C's friend loves these so much that for her recent birthday I purchased a small three drawer container from Target and filled it with pre-cut dolls, clothes, new markers, scissors, glue, googly eyes, etc.  It was one of the last birthday gifts opened at the party, and I was afraid she'd not be sure what it was and just toss it aside.  You know how the gift giver--C--waits so long to see the birthday girl's reaction and I was afraid after the plethora of Barbies and Little Petshop that perhaps I'd made a bad choice, but the birthday girl was so excited.