Modern mothers and grandmothers, who have crossed the 40-year frontier and the older generation, are likely to tell their daughters and granddaughters about one of the most beloved toys of their childhood - paper dolls, which could be changed into a variety of outfits. There are, of course, such sets for cutting and now. And if you did not find them in smart modern supermarkets - it does not matter! You can make your own daughter a supermodel, Barbie or a bobblehead yourself.
What is a toy?
So what is a paper
doll for carving? With clothes, it is usually sold immediately in a set.
This is the silhouette of a girl or girl, sometimes a boy. The body is painted to match skin color. Persons with funny childish features or cute, regular adults. Girls draw braids or ponytails with bows. On the girls' heads, fashionable haircuts or hairstyles. Usually presented in a swimsuit or panties and T-shirt such a paper doll for cutting. With her clothes, another sheet (or sheets) is embedded in the package. How can I play with a doll? To begin with, it should be cut out. And so that the clothes hold well, so that the doll itself lasts longer, stick it on a sheet of cardboard and cut it out again. Pay attention to the outfits. They are equipped with special rectangular “fasteners”. Do not cut them! When the toilet part is ready, attach it to the doll “body” and bend these fasteners. They will press the outfit, fix it. So it will be a paper doll for cutting with clothes. You can dress her up in trousers and tops, shorts and skirts, dresses, boots, even scarves and hats! Moreover, if you have a paper doll for cutting with clothes with a smooth hairstyle (haircut), then wigs can come with it. Or you will invent and finish them yourself.
Homemade doll
If you were not able to get at least one copy of the toy, the trouble is fixable. After all, without even having special inclinations in the visual arts, you can draw such a silhouette doll. You just need to practice a bit. The same applies to the wardrobe. Come up with styles and models, create, feel like a famous couturier! A doll for cutting with clothes is for this purpose intended. Attach it to a blank sheet, circle the contours with a simple pencil. Make magnificent sleeves,
flared skirts, pick up silhouettes interesting to you. Just try to keep it on your shoulders, waist and hips, and if your pants or boots are on your calves, ankles, your clothes fit snugly, and hold fasteners well. Then she will not subside! Naturally, you will need paints,
colored pencils, felt-tip pens. The only condition: draw and paint carefully, and it should turn out beautifully!
Advanced Models
To make the paper doll for cutting more interesting for games, you can glue a cardboard support to the back of it. Then the lady will stand by herself. And her outfits can be made bilateral, put them on over her head. Fasteners will be unnecessary in this case.
Or such an offer: stick a magnet on the doll’s tummy. And clothes on the inside provide pieces of foil. The magnet will attract the outfits, they will hold perfectly, even if your lady wants to "walk".
Here they are, silhouette dolls!