Paper doll chain

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use paper bags and my free template to make a paper doll chain. You can make this kid-friendly craft with recycled packing paper, gift wrap, or other big sheets of paper. My pattern is loosely based on a gingerbread man and woman, but feel free to use

Chain People Printables are an excellent craft activity for children to enhance their creativity and fine motor skills..

You may be wondering just what an asymmetrical paper chain is. Well, have you ever made a paper doll chain? The kind where you cut half of the doll from a center vertical fold, meaning that whate…

Chain People Printables are an excellent craft activity for children to enhance their creativity and fine motor skills..

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to use paper bags and my free template to make a paper doll chain. You can make this kid-friendly craft with recycled packing paper, gift wrap, or other big sheets of paper. My pattern is loosely based on a gingerbread man and woman, but feel free to use

We first made paper doll chains a few weeks ago, using newspaper. An idea which originated from this book - Recycling Things to Make and Do (Usborne Activities). The girls had fun seeing the dolls come to life, but quickly bored with the dolls after we cut them out. Then, last week, I decided to try the activity again, this time on plain paper. And the fun lasted all afternoon. F (who is really into craft projects lately) loved drawing in the dolls' faces and giving them names and…

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Hat tip to Deb at An Unfinished Symphony (via RevGalBlog) for the heads up on a seventh grade social studies class in Highland Park, Illinois, that is undertaking a very creative project to help end the crisis in Darfur, where since February 2003 an on-going genocide has left as many as 400,000 killed and 3.5 million driven from their homes and living in the squalor of displaced persons camps. The students hope to collect 400,000 decorated paper dolls to send to Senator Barack Obama “in…

So many ideas for kids activities from books by Julia Donaldson such as Stick Men trails, paper dolls chains, arts & crafts, and free activity sheets.

Gather a white piece of craft paper (I used about a 1-ft x 1-ft piece) or construction paper, crayons, and scissors. Fold the paper accordion style, folding the paper back and forth. (I made each fold about 2-inches wide.) Once your paper is folded, draw your person figure. Make sure the feet reach the bottom and the arms go to the ends of the sides. Once the body is drawn, cut it out. Make sure to cut through each fold of paper. This made 6 paper dolls. If you need more, repeat the above…