Paper Doll Swap

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Group:	The Hundred Acre Wood
Swap Coordinator:	shandymink (contact)
Swap categories:	Books Dolls Paper Crafts
Number of people in swap:	3
Location:	International
Type:	Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:	March 16, 2011
Date items must be sent by:	April 13, 2011
Number of swap partners:	1
Description:
I created a Harriet the Spy paper doll for a recent swap and it was a lot of fun. Happy Honey Bee suggested a paper doll swap for the group so here goes - btw this is my first swap as host. Be kind! Create for your partner a paper doll (and clothes & accessories) based on one of your favorite book characters. Create items that relate to the character - Paddington's raincoat; Alice's signature blue dress and red striped stockings; Laura's flannel nightgown and her doll, Charlotte! Send the finished doll to your partner and include a letter or note explaining why you chose the character and how you chose the items to include in their wardrobe. Don't limit yourself to girl characters - animals and toys count too! Don't trust your drawing skills? Trace an existing doll shape and embeillish it any way you like - glue on a cut out face, garments, hair style from a magazine, catalog or book of illustrations. Or trace an existing page of paper dolls and clothes and decorate your tracings to suit your chosen character. Here is a link to a blog post that I shared with Honey Bee - maybe it will inspire you. http://madknews.blogspot.com/2007/06/say-its-only-paper-doll.html Be sure use your imagination, do your best work and above all, to have fun!

Discussion

thehappyhoneybee 03/ 3/2011 #

Here is the fabulous Harriet the Spy paper doll that @Shandymink drew for me! It's amazing.

Thanks for hosting this swap...I can't wait to see the dolls that come out of it. :)

naturenerd3 03/ 3/2011 #

How many dresses/ accessories should we provide? I will definately be drawing Alice

PenguinParade 03/ 4/2011 #

haha this is awesome! thanks for hosting it!

shandymink 03/ 7/2011 #

I don't know if there is a minimum or a maximum - "classic" paper dolls often had a set of night clothes, play clothes and dressy clothes but I think as long as you are providing items that your character would have worn/used/had that will be sufficient. Maybe Alice's crown, her cat Dinah? Her Queen dress was a little fancier according to Tenniel, wasn't it? And you don't have to stick only to Tenniel's or Rackam's illustrations!

shandymink 03/ 7/2011 #

For more ideas here is a link to Betsy McCall paper dolls - these appeared in McCall's magazines for years. They always included a little info about Betsy and the clothes.

http://www.thebleudoor.com/betsymccallhome.htm

Don't feel you have to adhere to a page of paper dolls and clothes - feel free to make a single doll, dressed or not, with additional clothes or not - my friends used to draw their own dolls and their clothes did not come off. They just drew the same "character" in whatever outfit they needed or wanted at the time.

naturenerd3 03/ 8/2011 #

I'm sorry, I have to drop from this swap :(

thehappyhoneybee 03/11/2011 #

Aw, that's too bad @naturenerd3 ...hopefully we'll have another one sometime down the road.

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