Here’s some of what Arabella Grayson has learned about black paper dolls: Mid-1700s: Rich ladies in England and France make tiny paper dolls in their own images. 1810: Little Fanny, the first ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala.--During a two-year stint, a little paper doll visited several different countries and U.S. cities in the ammo pouch of Lt. Col. Sean Clark's uniform.

Take pictures of your surroundings to use as “material” for your doll’s clothes — in this case, old stereo speakers for the skirt, and a photo of a sunset for the blouse.

One of the challenges of making paper dolls from a Sears catalog was dealing with the various sizes and angles of the images. If your model was striding to the right, you searched to find clothing ...

Zelda Fitzgerald once gauged a publisher's interest in creating a collection filled with the striking paper dolls she made for her daughter, but the book she imagined never materialized. More than ...