Tag: Coloring Book for Kids

When Frances goes for a ride in her sleigh, everyone who meets her admires her. She has big Chinese blue eyes, golden hair, and pearly teeth. Her clothes are delicious. The anchor blanket is somewhat similar to a skirt and is somewhat similar to a blanket. Frances wears it under her petticoat. She wears a petticoat under two skirts. There are dozens of tucks and yards of lace on her skirts and dress.

When Mary Ellen and Gertrude have their cambric tea together in the garden, they are such a pretty sight that all the little girls who pass by, have them through the hedge. It must be said that Cambric tea is the best of all teas. It is made by filling a cup almost full of milk. Then a teaspoon of tea is poured. Cambric tea is sweetened as desired. There are all kinds of goodies to serve with cambric tea: scones, fluffy bread, butter sandwiches, gooseberry pancakes, plum tarts, and cinnamon toast. Cambric tea is what little English princesses drink […]

The ultimate clothespin dolls dress up as skaters. Clothespin dolls dressed as skaters have been made by many people to decorate Christmas trees over the past 100 years. I made two versions of my own here. . . Both female and male. They are dressed in the fashion of modern skaters: their coats are made from the remains of a small sock; Our warm headwear, earmuffs, and scarves are modeled after the winter sportswear worn on the slopes of Colorado today. Support list: Wooden clothespins wooden sticks wooden toothpicks cardboard scrap baby socks Chenille stems pom poms yarn Two or […]

Antoinette came from France years ago. Like the elegant girls and pretty ladies of her day, her ears were pierced so she could wear earrings. When she lost her earrings, a friend gave her a pair, which she had sent to her from the Philippine Islands during the Spanish–American War. They came from an American soldier stationed there. They are delicate flowers made of small, thin shells. There are enough natural waves in Antoinette’s Wool Lamb hair that it’s beautiful all the time.

Brown-haired and violet-haired Johanna is from Germany. She’s not nearly as old as Antoinette. In Germany there are many young girls who have dolls like Johanna. Joanna wore the few clothes she brought with her to this country, so now she wears American clothes. Her long braids were so difficult to care for that she was taken to a barber who gave her a sleek bob. Joanna seemed to get excited when her picture was taken as she jumped hard off the table and fell to the floor in a heap. Fortunately no bones were broken. Previous slide or next […]

One has to look closely to see what Aunt May is looking at. He is standing to the left of the tree. It is an unusually large cinnamon bear. Previous slide or next slide (to continue…) Back to the index

Winter weather teddy bear jumpsuits are becoming popular inEarly twentieth century. Violet wears a teddy bear suit that was made for her when Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt, who was often called Teddy, was fond of the outdoors, hence his nickname It was given to the little teddy bears that had become popular at the time.

Amy came to America in 1905. French Amy. She was adopted by an American family living in Paris in 1904 and came to this country the following year. The name Amy means beloved. Aimee’s middle name is Aurelia. She was given this name because it means golden and she has beautiful golden hair like Goldilocks. The dress Amy wears was made for her in 1904. Many little girls and their dolls wore dresses like hers in those days. Amy is as tall as most children by the time they are a year old. But her hands and feet are very […]

Hand-carved doll bed by Brittany. In the part of France called Brittany, beds are like wardrobes. Even doll beds are like that. They are beautifully sculpted and very comfortable once one gets used to them. Long and low cedar chests are often placed in front of the beds. Duvets, pillows and extra feather beds are stored in these. If there was a child in the family, his carved cradle was placed on top of the chest at night so that he was close to his mother. Since there was no child in this Breton doll family, the large brass candlestick […]

The Little Women dolls are made of fabric and soft wigs. Years ago, Louisa M. Alcott wrote a story book called Little Women. It has been a favorite book ever since. The story was about four sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy March. These modem dolls are dressed to look like sisters. Amy, the younger sister, is standing in front of the piano. She loved to draw and paint. Meg, short for Margaret, was the eldest. She was the delicate, gentle type who was never known to lose a glove or look untidy. Meg stands behind Amy. Elizabeth, aka […]