Today is Saturday…it’s time to play! Paper dolls make a great craft project and can be used for historical dioramas, stick puppets, or felt boards. My Twitter friend, Patricia Hawkenson, also mentioned that she creates word bubbles for dolls and uses them as conversation starters or as bulletin board enhancements.

Actually, I was surprised and pleased to discover there were so many reproducible paper dolls online, though I suspect many youngsters prefer the virtual versions. I am still testing a couple of the Web 2.0 paper doll apps I discovered. I plan to share my research and make virtual doll recommendations on Monday. In the mean time, enjoy exploring the reproducible doll sites I posted below…

1. Archived Paper Dolls – a wonderful collection of paper dolls posted by Lucinda C. Durbin
2. Kiki, the Art Cat – cute paper cut outs
3. Berenstain Bears Dress-Up Dolls – print and cut out all four bears; then, design outfits for them using your artistic skills
4. Miss Dress Up – requires Javascript
5. Raggedy Ann and Andy – Paper cutouts posted by Janet’s Country Home
6. Caillou – click on an image, print, color, and cut several outfits for the TV character Caillou
7. Hedgehogs – print Jan Brett’s darling Hedgehogs and several outfits
8. Gabi’s Dollhouse – paper dolls and period outfits, as well as cat and dog dolls
9. Scholastic Paper Dolls – “print and cut out dolls like ones the girls in your favorite My America stories might have had”
10. C. David Claudon paper dolls – these historic themed paper dolls cover a variety of periods and styles (great for history integration)
11. Fancy Ephemera Paper Dolls – beautiful images that represent fashion through the times
12. Paper Doll Garden – use the pull-down menu on the left to select from a number of free paper dolls
13. Original Paper Dolls – free dolls created by Anne K. Donze
14. Dudette’s Fashion Dress-up Game – several fun activities
15. Nonacascott Paper Dolls – save and print a number of dolls that were hand drawn by Tiina
16. Original Paper Dolls by Cricket – instructions for putting together FREE paper doll collections are on each page…free dolls are found at the very bottom of the page
17. Erin Plays – Beanie Bear paper dolls
18. Fairy Paper Dolls – Angel created two fairies and several outfits that can be printed, colored, and played with
19. Gail’s Paper Dolls – marvelous paper dolls that are fashioned after celebrities
20. Making Friends.com – numerous male and female dolls and outfits
21. Kristina’s Printable Paper Dolls – six Barbie-like dolls and numerous outfits
22. Merpy.com dolls – alien dolls to print and cut out
23. Paper Doll Archive – a nice selection of historical paper dolls
24. Soldiers of Three Wars – the collection also includes the soldier’s lasses
25. Patty Reed’s Paper Dolls – Simplicity dolls

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This is not a free site, but Paper Dolls by Gail is pretty neat. Gail has been creating unique paper dolls of adults and children for the last 10 years. You can view some of her samples when you visit her site.
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