How to Make Wizard of Oz Paper Dolls
The Wizard of Oz is a beloved series of books and a classic movie that has been watched by generations for more than 70 years. The characters are loved by children. Children today will enjoy playing and re-enacting their favorite movie segments with paper dolls. You can make a set of Wizard of Oz paper dolls for children to play with or for a display with your memorabilia collection.
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Things You'll Need
- Lightweight cardboard
- Printer/copy machine
- Colored markers or pencils
- Colored paper, vellum, scrapbook paper
Instructions
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Dolls
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Go to the Warner Brothers website (see Resources below) and find the Wizard of Oz character coloring pages.
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Make two copies of each character on copy paper.
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Cut away the excess clothing areas on one copy to create a doll with the shape of a character standing in underwear.
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Place the character on a scanner bed and make a copy on lightweight poster board or cardstock. The cardboard must be pliable to feed through the scanner or printer bed.
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Cut two 1/4-inch slits in the bottom of the paper doll. Cut out a piece of the same material 1/2 inch by 5 inches. Fold in half. Cut 1/4-inch slits 1/2 inch from each end. This is the paper doll stand. Color in the character. Run the character and the stand strip through a lamination machine if desired.
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Set the paper doll stand at the back of the doll. The V shape will point away from the doll. Set the bottom of the doll with slits into the slits cut in the stand.
Paper Doll Clothes
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Cut up the coloring pages that you photocopied, and remove the clothing in one piece.
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Place the cut-out clothing piece on a piece of patterned or plain scrapbook or vellum paper. Trace the font and back sides. Sketch in square tabs at the shoulders and sides. Tabs can be positioned any place where the clothes outline the body.
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Cut out the clothing piece with the tabs.
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Decorate, color, and add embellishments to the front of the piece of clothing.
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Place clothing on the paper doll, and fold tabs over the shoulders and other areas of the body to hold it in place.
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Tips & Warnings
Call your local school to see if they have a lamination machine. They could be willing to laminate your set of dolls for a small fee or in exchange for your volunteer services. Decorate with glitter pen and embossing. Cut a slit in the scarecrow's hat to set it down upon his head.
