COSETTE'S CHRISTMAS Paper Dolls

 December 14, 15, 16 & 26, 1925.  Cosette's Christmas paper dolls to act out the story of the poor little French girl, her cruel stepmother and her two spoiled brat stepsisters.  In the end Cosette gets the doll of her dreams as a gift from a ragged stranger.

December 18, 19 & 21, 22, 1925.  Here are Cosette's two spoiled stepsisters.  They never did chores and only wore the finest clothes and ate the finest foods.  They never let Cosette play with their dolls.

HOBOMOK & WATTAWAMAT American Indian Paper Dolls

November 16 - November 19, 1925.  These paper dolls are from the COLOR & CUT-OUTS Series story of MILES STANDISH, based on the poem "The Courtship of Miles Standish" by Longfellow.  The first paper doll is HOBOMOK, a friend of Miles Standish and the Pilgrim's Indian guide.  The second paper doll is WATTAWAMAT, the Indian Chief that battled with Miles Standish.

TWO EYES Color and Cut-Out Paper Dolls

 September 14 - 17, 1925.  Color and Cut-Out Series for the fairy tale of One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes.   Here is Little Two Eyes and her three outfits to color and cut out.  Poor Two Eyes was treated cruelly by her mother and her two sisters, starved and made to wear rags.  Her first dress is her dress of rags.  Her luck changed when she met the strange old woman.

 September 18 & 19 and September 21 & 22, 1925.  Here are the two cruel sisters, One Eye and Three Eyes.

September 23 - 26, 1925.  The Feast Table and the unfortunate goat.  The strange old woman that befriends Two Eyes.  And of course, every fairy tale must have a Prince to marry the heroine.  Grab a copy of the fairy tale and give a performance with your new paper dolls.

Aladdin's Lamp Paper Doll Cut-Outs from 1925

 June 1925.  Here is Aladdin and his wardrobe.  Another paper doll series from COLOR CUTOUTS.

 June 1925.  Here is Aladdin's mother.  She has two outfits.

 June 1925.  Here is the Evil Magician and his beggar costume.  The Sultan has a hunting outfit.

 June 1925.  The Wonderful Genie and the Horrible Ring Genie.

June 1925.  The lovely Princess has three lovely outfits.

Queen of Hearts Cut-Outs from 1925.

March 1925.  "The Queen of Hearts, She made some tarts, All on a summer's day."  "The Knave of Hearts, He stole the tarts, And took them clean away."  "The King of Hearts, Called for the tarts, And beat the Knave full sore."  QUEEN OF HEARTS cut-outs from the Color & Cut Out newspaper series.  Here are paper dolls of the Queen, the Knave and the King.

Little CINDERELLA Paper Doll Cut-Outs.

 May 11 - May 30, 1925.  Little Cinderella paper dolls from the COLOR & CUT OUT series.  Here is Cinderella and her ball gown, ball cloak and royal dress.

 A paper doll of the handsome Prince.  Cut his sleeves on his costumes a little wider than drawn to fit over ruffles on his shirt.

 Fairy godmother, coachman and two footmen.

 Cinderella's selfish step-sisters.  The second step-sister's dress needs to be a bit longer and a touch wider.

The wicked step-mother and her cloak.  Her cloak also needs to be a bit longer and a touch wider.  I tried this cloak on Cinderella and she can wear it if you want to add it to her wardrobe.

RUMPELSTILTSKEN Cut-Outs

December 07 - December 12, 1925.  The story of Rumpelstiltsken paper dolls from the COLOR & CUT OUT newspaper series.  Included are the daughter of the miller, the king, the baby prince and Rumpelstiltsken.  The dolls are printed separately each day and are not always in proportion  with each other - the king doll looks too small.

Little Boy Blue Paper Doll

June 29 - July 03, 1925.  From the COLOR & CUT OUT series, Little Boy Blue paper doll, his outfits, 4 hats and a heavy coat.

Little MISS MUFFET Paper Doll to Color and Cut Out.

 September 07 - September 11, 1925.  A Little Miss Muffet paper doll from the COLOR & CUT OUT newspaper series.

September 12, 1925.  Little Miss Muffet meets the spider.

The Wicked Water-Sprite, Little Brother, Magical Water-Cat and Other Cut-Out Props from THE WATER SPRITE.

 July 30 & 31 and August 01, 1925.  Here is the Wicked Water-Sprite.  Color her dresses to look as much like water as possible and don't forget to color her cloak of swiftness.  If you have read the tale of THE WATER-SPRITE then you know the purpose of the bucket and ax.

 August 03 thru August 05, 1925.  Little Brother paper doll is ready to join his sister.  How can they escape from the wicked Water-Sprite?  Maybe the magical Water-Cat can help!

August 06 thru August 08, 1925.  Here are the Magical Water-Cat, a comb, a brush and a mirror and the well outside the children's home.  How did the Magical Water-Cat use the comb, brush and mirror to help the children escape?  The well represents the lesson Little Brother and Little Sister learned from their ordeal - To stay away from the edge of the well.

Little Sister Paper Doll from THE WATER SPRITE

July 27 thru July 29, 1925.  Time to  dust off your book of fairy tales and reread the story of THE WATER SPRITE.  Here is Little Sister paper doll all ready to act out the story.  Tomorrow I will post the Evil Water Sprite, Little Brother and The Magical Water Cat.

MARY AND HER LAMB Cut-Outs, minus the lamb

March 30, 1925 through April 04, 1925.  MARY and Her Lamb cut-outs to color.  The lamb did not print well so I left him out.  Any cute lamb cut-out can play the part as long as his fleece is as white as snow.

A VALENTINE from Aunt Elsie

 February 14, 1925.  "YOU AND I CAN NEVER PART, FOR YOU ARE ALWAYS IN MY HEART.  From Aunt Elsie."

Color JACKIE COOGAN as Rag Patch

May 05, 1925.  "Here is the JACKIE COOGAN Rag Patch cartoon that you have been waiting for.  It is all ready for nimble fingers to decorate.  Discussions heard around the city Monday night indicated that hundreds of Lima kiddies, and many grown ups too, are planning to patch Jackie's clothing and try for the awards that have been offered by the Lima News in cooperation with the Lyric theatre.  Now here is the way to start so that the cartoon will be properly decorated.  Cut out the above cartoon and paste it on a piece of cardboard.  This makes it solid and easy to work with.  The next step is the pasting on of the cloth that is to be the background of the trousers, shirt, hat and suspenders.  This background may also be painted in color.  After preparing the background little patches in bright colors and great variety should be cut out in the shapes shown in the picture and pasted in their proper places.  After the cartoon has been carefully prepared it will represent JACKIE COOGAN  in his latest picture, THE RAG MAN, to be seen at the Lyric beginning Friday."

I guess most people remember JACKIE COOGAN from the television show The Addams Family but he was also a very popular child star in the 1920's.  In this contest, kids were suppose to use scraps of fabric to create his raggedy clothes.