18 thoughts on “Paper Dolls and Paper Doll Animals”

1. mim4mail June 12, 2020 at 9:52 am

   Those are all so cute!!
   1. Claudia McGill Post authorJune 12, 2020 at 11:35 am

      Thank you. It’s fun to make them. I’ve always liked paper dolls.
      1. mim4mail June 12, 2020 at 11:43 am

         Same here!
2. tierneycreates June 12, 2020 at 11:13 am

   These are awesome Claudia, you are like one of the most creative people in the blogosphere 🙂
   1. Claudia McGill Post authorJune 12, 2020 at 11:36 am

      Thank you. I’ve had a thing for paper dolls since I was young. I have made a lot of them and also had those purchased ones with the clothes you folded tabs around the figure to keep them on.
3. memadtwo June 12, 2020 at 7:10 pm

   I love them! (K)
4. Chela's Colchas y Mas June 12, 2020 at 10:06 pm

   I loved playing with paper dolls. These are so cool!
   1. Claudia McGill Post authorJune 13, 2020 at 7:44 am

      Thank you. My love of paper dolls goes back to when I was very young and my older cousins played with theirs (grown up people) and I had mine (cute little 4 year old girls like I was at the time). Hard to get a storyline fitting all of us but my cousins were generous and we played together often. My sister and I, and our friends, when we were older, cut figures out of old pattern books my mother got from the fabric store and we had millions of people to choose from in our dramas. All in all, I have many happy memories of paper dolls.
5. rivrvlogr June 13, 2020 at 2:47 pm

   Maybe it’s the layering, but there’s a three dimensional feel to these.
   1. Claudia McGill Post authorJune 13, 2020 at 3:30 pm

      Thank you. They are thick, being made of cardboard from cereal boxes and so on, then the pasted on papers. Maybe it is the scanning effect, there is a slight shadow because of their depth (minimal as it is the scanners sees all…) I’ve been thinking about making actual 3D people of paper/cardboard but I am not sure if the part I like best, dressing them and doing their faces, will get outweighed by constructing their structures (not as interesting to me). Maybe for now it’s just flat figures. Anyway, these are a lot of fun to make. That is enough.
6. Sandra McCall June 14, 2020 at 11:43 am

   Fabulous dolls made with collage. I used to make them in watercolor when in school and then my poor, abused friends and family would have to buy them from me. LOL.
   1. Claudia McGill Post authorJune 14, 2020 at 4:04 pm

      I love this story. Make some now and I’ll be a customer. My group here would love to meet new people.
      1. Sandra McCall June 21, 2020 at 6:51 pm

         😅😅😅
7. marissthequilter June 15, 2020 at 5:24 am

   Oh these are so clever and endearing
   1. Claudia McGill Post authorJune 15, 2020 at 10:46 am

      Thank you. I am thinking of trying something like this in fabric. No idea how, but I want to make paper doll like people like this. Because it is so fun.
      1. marissthequilter June 15, 2020 at 11:46 am

         Fabric paper dolls will be great. Gel medium works nicely to stick down fabric — but I am sure you know that!
         1. Claudia McGill Post authorJune 15, 2020 at 2:59 pm

            I’m thinking of sewing them together, I want to try not to use any of my usual materials (gives me a framework to follow, always good) and see where things go because I am sure they will be going…somewhere I did not anticipate! There is always that challenge, the adventure, even if it is only “paper” dolls…
         2. marissthequilter June 15, 2020 at 3:02 pm

            Have fun with needle and thread. Look forward to seeing your fabric dolls

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