How to Make Fun Dress Up Dolls
Making fun dress-up dolls for your children is not difficult and can be done easily and inexpensively. Dress-up dolls can be old-fashioned or modern. You might even be able to replicate your daughter's favorite characters or add her face for a dress-up doll that is sure to be loved. These modern day paper dolls are an excellent travel toy or good quiet toy for children.
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Things You'll Need
- Color ink-jet printer
- Printable magnetic ink-jet paper
- Sharp scalpel
- Cutting mat
- Small half-size cookie sheet
- Clear contact paper
Instructions
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How to Make Fun Dress Up Dolls
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Choose a printable paper doll and clothing. See resources for a wide variety of dress-up dolls. Use your graphics skills to create your own dress-up dolls using graphics software if you prefer. Take photos of your child in a swimsuit and a variety of outfits to make personalized magnetic paper dolls.
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Print the dolls and clothing onto magnetic paper using your ink-jet printer. Feed each sheet of paper into your printer manually and allow the ink to dry fully.
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Cut clear contact paper to fit the sheet of magnetic paper. Place the contact paper on top of the printed sheet, laying it carefully into position to avoid wrinkles.
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Use a small, sharp scalpel to cut the dress up dolls and clothing out of the magnetic paper. Work slowly and conscientiously for a good result.
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Provide a small half-size cookie sheet for play in the car or on the road with magnetic paper dolls. Use dress up dolls at home on a magnetic chalkboard, the refrigerator or washer and dryer.
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Tips & Warnings
You can even adapt these dress-up dolls for other printables to create a farm, robots or another option using the same techniques.
