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I like looking online for free and fun things to make out of paper. I have always loved paper dolls, and I also like to making miniatures, collect and sell coloring books, and enjoy making things out of cardboard too.

As a girl, I made paper doll dresses out of old wallpaper books, and even made my own paper dolls. Today, you can find cute paper dolls and dresses you can color yourself for free online.

You can also find dollhouse furniture, little mini items, and other fun things to make online. My favorite site I have found so far is the Raven's Blight site. If you love strange but cool things (like the Adams Family TV show), you will love these printables, that include a haunted house and lots more.

The drawings in this lens, unless otherwise noted, are by OCAL at the Open-Source Clker.com website. They can be downloaded and used for designs or colored - it's totally up to you.

Here is an angel picture I colored online with Photoshop

You can use a photo coloring program to color designs from the Clkr site.

An angel I colored on the computer

I colorized this picture of an angel, and you can, too. All the drawings from the Clkr site are free to download and to color. You can even change them around and add to them, too.

I used this on another of my lenses and thought it would also be perfect here. I really like it.

Here are some great paper doll links

- - paper dolls and costumes you can download for free

And they are completely OK'd to download.
The Scholastic company has four paper dolls complete with outfits to download.
(from the website) 1. The first paper doll is a cornhusk doll, inspired by the My America Colony diary of Elizabeth Barker.
2. The second paper doll is a rag doll inspired by the My America Prairie diary of Meg Wells.
3. The third paper doll is a wooden doll inspired by the My America Civil War diary of Virginia Dickens.
4. The fourth paper doll is a porcelain doll inspired by the My America Immigrant diary of Sofia Monari.

(These dolls go along with the Dear America diary books, but they can be used by themselves too.)
USHS has many dolls to download.
From Pavlova to Florence Nightingale plus baby dolls, these paper dolls are also free to download, and are by several different artists. Sopie, Casilda, and Audrey Hepburn are some of my favorites in this set.
The Doll Reader magazine site re-prints some of their dolls that they had featured in their doll magazine PLUS clothes.
These are very nice. They download to your desktop as pdf files. The doll is also included. You can paste the doll onto cardboard and make a stand for it, using a slit in the doll at the bottom, and a crescent-shaped cardboard stand that fits. The doll will stand up and then you can put the different clothes on it. Any kind of thin to medium cardboard you have around the house will do. Shirt cardboard used to be the preferred kind, because it was white on one side and just the right weight.
Chez Beeper Bebe offers two fantastic books - and one is a tiny vintage paper doll treasure book.
You can make two books from the directions on this page. Offered here are:
1. A Little Book of Vintage Paper Dolls
2. A Little Book of Vintage French Paper Crafts

She has everything ready for you to download. The books are little, and precious! They are very well done. I think you will like them too.
The Simplicity Pattern Company offers eight different modern paper dolls and dresses
These dolls and dresses are from the Patty Reed collection. You can actually probably find the patterns to these dresses in the Simplicity catalog too, in case your daughter wants a dress like her new paper doll. The dolls and dresses print out in pdf format. These are high quality too, and all different.
Artist Linda Durbin wants to share all of her one of a kind paper dolls and dresses.
Linda has all kinds of pretty dolls and outfits here to download. You may not sell the dolls and outfits, but you are free to use them and enjoy them. She has traditional dolls, and some unique ones, like an Eggplant doll, a chicken doll, and even gingerbread people.
Enjoy these nine different paper dolls from Meggie Cat!
Meggie Cat has collected nine different vintage paper dolls. One is a face that you can change expressions on with different eyes, noses, and mouths. These are very cute too.
Doll Hospital dolls are taken from a story series by Joan Holub.
Each doll goes with a different story. You can download each one here: Marissa, Danielle, Glory, Goldie, and Tatiana.
Paper dolls from Karen's Whimsy
This doll has some great Victorian outfits. They are all in color. She has four nice hats too. A link at the bottom of the page takes you to even more dolls, then circus animals and crafts, then Christmas crafts that feature a decorated tree and garden. From there you are taken to some very old paper dolls with wrap-around dresses, then still more paper dolls!

Here are some paper dolls from Flickr

They are small on the lens - but you can enlarge them by clicking on them.

These paper dolls are posted on Flickr. If you want to use them, make sure to review each one and give the owner credit.

1912dolls1 by dd21207
Paper Girl with Six Changes by perpetualplum
Paper Mother and Child with Clothes for Each by perpetualplum
woodblock paper dolls by Lostinawave
heather jo wingate by libbyrosof
curated content from Flickr

Here is something about history of paper dolls in the U.S.

by the Victoriana site

I like this video, though it has an ad at the end. Check out the idea they have about making Christmas ornaments from paper dolls! You could use another paper dolls and add rickrack, yarn and sparkles and have a fun ornament.
Paper Dolls | Make Paper Dolls
by victorianamagazine | video info

9 ratings | 5,190 views
curated content from YouTube

This is a neat blog - Liana's Paper Doll Blog

Liana draws these dolls and outfits herself

I like this! She has a new outfit every day, and allows people to download them too.
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Weebly's Paper Doll Blog

There are some GREAT images here.

Weebly's blog gives examples from many time periods. He also has a great links page I plan to check out too.
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And here are more blogs about paper dolls and crafts

These blogs are about paper dolls and crafts, along with paper toys.
Inspiring celebration of craft in Joy of Making show at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Using Barbies for the 'shock and awe' of domestic violence
Monster High™ Fashion Fads Are All The Rage At Toy Fair 2012
Adorable hand-sewn plush murloc by Katie
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Here is a bounding horse to color

This is another design from the clkr site. You can download it and color it too.

A bounding white horse fromt the Clkr site.

OCAL at the clkr site (http://www.clkr.com) offers many black and white or outlined pictures that are perfect to color with a colorization program, paints, or crayons. There are animals, people, flowers, and much more there at the site, ready to download for free.

And here is another neat blog - Jenny's Paper Doll News.

Follow Jenny to find out what new paper dolls are coming out

... and you can also see articles about vintage and modern paper dolls, and current shows and news about them too.
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Here is a mask border from the Clkr site.

This mask border looks like it comes from ancient Greece. I like it!

A unique old mask border

You can use this border to color or to use as a border.

And here are some other great paper craft sites

These sites have downloadable items that are uncolored or ready to color.

You can use some of these great paper crafts as is - - they are in color or black and white.

Some you will be able to customize and color however you like.
Click on the "DOWNLOAD HERE" link and you will get a pdf file of a Victorian Nursery game.
This child's game features a nursery with cut-outs that fit together into a nursery scene. It also has another link in it to another game.
This link from the Victoriana site features a game like the one above - only featuring boys on a playground.
These scenes are fun to look at and really free the imagination to see what life used to be like in Victorian times.
The Toymaker offers many different cut-out toys for you to enjoy.
Here are just some of the Toymaker's toys you can download: marble mice, a puppet theater, a magic fairy wand, koi kites (big ones!), a T-Rex dinosaur card, Fairy furniture, ornaments, a rocking horse paper toy, color bookmarks, plus much more.
Make an antique toy circus merry-go-round!
This authentic paper model is from the Victoria & Albert Museums of England.
Make your own antique toy theater!
This is also from the Victoria and Albert museum. Take a look at both of these - they are fun to see.
These printables cover so much ground! The site features miniature printables for mini tableaus and dollhouses, plus a lot more.
The sheer scope and breadth of these wonderful printables will astound you. They include furniture, doors and windows, signs, wallpaper, and lots more. I can't wait to explore this one again. I saw many downloadables but could not see them all in one sitting.
This website helps you make bigger household items and paper toys.
You can make LED lamps, print out mini-posters, a cardboard box stool, vintage dioramas, and other neat things with the help of this site.
Love the gothic look? Then this site is for you.
The Raven's Blight site features pre-colored, textured foldables like paper coffin boxes, games, a stage, haunted houses, and a lot more. You just HAVE to check this one out. I know I will be back here to print out some of this. It's just wild. Think The Munsters or Dark Shadows. The things you make are little, but real-looking. You can make a neat display!!
The Paper Collector
This blog shows that somebody doesn't only have to collect paper dolls to collect ephemera, or paper stuff. There is so much to collect. It is so fun to look at other paper collectibles here.

Here is a neat picture from Burpee Seeds

You KNOW this is old!

Burpee's Corn

I like it. It is from http://theoldentimes.com/free_graphics.html. It is perfectly free to download and color if you would like. OR make a seed package from it!

Ebay is a good place to check out paper dolls, paper toys, and ephemera

I have found some paper dolls and postcards here

I like to see what Ebay has in its auctions sometimes. You never know - you could find a really good deal.
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Pumpkins to color

This black and white drawing is from the Clkr site.

Pumpkins

It is free to download, color, and even to use on a project.

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Here are online pages that deal with Paper Dolls and other Paper crafts

I know I want to find out more about paper dolls and toys.

A great thing about paper dolls and toys is that they are inexpensive. Even if you decide you want to pay for them, they don't cost a lot. Of course, older paper dolls and toys do cost more than new ones, but since they are classified as ephemera, only some people collect them still, and you can still find good deals.

I am still learning about paper dolls and toys. Doing this lens was so fun... I found some really neat websites that I plan to go back and print out from.
(from the site) "Celebrating the Art and Fashion of Paper Dolls"
Professional paper doll artists and also amateurs are invited to join this group. I am not a member, but enjoy looking at the site.
Design your own paper dolls and clothes!
This About.com page explains how to make your own dolls and clothes. Cute!
Paper dolls from the SS42 site
I'm not sure where some of these paper dolls came from. There are some very original dolls here though. It was fun looking at them!

Vintage or New?

Do you like vintage or antique OR new paper dolls and crafts?

I am curious to know if people prefer NEW paper dolls and crafts to older ones. What is your opinion? Vote below.

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Another great border to color

I like this one too.

A Daisy border

You can color this in, or just use it as is on a project. It is from the Clkr site.

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