How to Make Paper Dolls

Video Transcript

"So you want to make paper dolls. My name is Robert Segundo and I am going to teach you how to do that. What we have got here is a piece of paper, it is a long rectangle. What we are going to do is we are going to take this and we are going to accordion fold this, when I say accordion fold, we are going to take, a little bit more. There we go. Accordion fold is just folding it one way and then folding it the opposite way, or folding it on the opposite side back, like so. And it is going to come out accordion style, so back over, just keep going with this. Now one of the things you have got to remember about these paper dolls is that you want a long enough piece of paper, one, otherwise you will get like a paper doll instead of dolls with a plural. So as you can see here we have got it open. What I am going to do is I am going to use this side here because this side has the most quarters on it, or the most hinges on it. So it is going to be the side that I am going to use to be the face side. So what I will do is I will start with that side. I will cut around like so. Cut the paper dolls' heads out. Just kind of give it a real good rounded shape otherwise you are going to have some funky alien-looking paper dolls. Let's cut the arm back, and we want to make sure we cut and keep some hinge here for the back of the arm otherwise your paper dolls will not hinge so well. Let's cut this back, just go ahead, make some ladies here, some fine sexy ladies. Cut this back, just cut out her leg like so. Pull that off and just grab them by the hands, pull them out, look right there. There you are, paper dolls, play around with it, have fun and enjoy."