rainbowby Dixie Wilson We watched the rain fallLike tears from heavenSo it seemed that all the worldIt couldn’t be more dry! But while the trees were fallingAnd all the air was rainy,The sun pierced through the rainbowsAnd the day was bright again! Then my mother said, “Sweet baby,It’s the same with you-Your eyes make a rainbow out of your tearsWhen smiles come!
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Mud Pies | The Doll Coloring Book
Mud pies Under the apple tree is spread out and thickHappy with only a frying pan and a stick,On the soft grass in the shade that lies,Our little Fanny makes mud pies. On her brown apron and her shiny drooping head,showers of pink and white flowers fall;linked to a branch that appears to be intended for that,She dances and lifts her little straw hat. Dash, full of joy on a bright summer day,He excitedly chases Robins away,barks at squirrels, or snaps at flies,All the while, Fanny is making pancakes. The sunshine and the soft summer breeze slip by,while she is […]
Craft a very sweet sticker wreath…
This simple paper wreath is hanging Our doll house at Easter time. A wreath, like the one shown here, when made from paper and stickers, is a simple project any young child would make. All you need is some decorative paper, cardboard, white school glue and some festive stickers. I found a yellow chick sticker made of felt for this version of the wreath. The posters were “sweet” and the flowers were in the trash drawer at home; Dumped inside for anyone’s use. Then I choose the paper that has matching colors for the labels. This makes the overall look […]
An Easter Surprise
Easter surpriseby Leona Coffey I play in my garden church-No roof or tower on it.And the flowers that grow row after rowThey all wear an Easter hat.But oh, I was surprised todayTo see they loved my spray gun!
How to make the doll’s pussy willow for spring…
Willow branches faux pussy and Easter mini The eggs hang from the branches. I made little willow twigs and miniature eggs to hang from in our dollhouse this Easter. Both are accurate and beautiful! Support list: Oven-baked Sculpey Clay Pastel paints (acrylic) Thin wire to hang eggs Needle or pin to make holes Three or four cotton balls a bunch of twigs; strings Hot glue gun and glue white school glue Small garden pot Small pebbles or rocks Step by step instructions: Pick a handful of fresh green sprigs from a shrub. Use hot glue to glue them together, just […]
Craft a Colorful Carrot Wreath for Your Dollhouse!
The Easter carrot wreath is small enough to look right on a Barbie doll, but you can hang it as a mini wreath inside an American Girl doll, too. You can also make it bigger if you use a chocolate carrot candy mold. Support list: Small carrot mold Cardboard green yarn white school glue Hot glue gun and hot glue Acrylic paints: orange, rust, moss green, light green Sculpey or oven clay mod podge Thin wire for hanging Step by step instructions: Cut out a wreath shape in any size you like from lightweight cardboard. Smear white glue on both […]
How to fold a washcloth bunny…
The doll loves to fold a doll-sized towel bunny into a welcoming friend for their Easter guests. Why not put this decorative pink bunny under a guest bed with a few small chocolates inside your dollhouse this year? Left, finished in front of the towel bunny.Right, the hare’s back end. Support list: small towel two googly eyes A medium-sized white bead for the tail Small pink pom pom for the nose One rubber band tacky craft glue decorative tape needle and thread (optional) Step by step instructions: Simply fold the towel in half to form a triangle, matching up the […]
The Bad Temper of The Princess, Part 1
The bad mood of Princess Marion Burton Once upon a time, in a delicious little kingdom of all gardens, rivers, huts, and flowers, there lived a red-faced, merry king named Rodolfo. Every one of his subjects loved him, the kings around him were his loyal friends, and the neighboring kingdoms were on good terms with him. Indeed, they had a happy way, those old kings, of exchanging thrones for a week now and then, just as some preachers exchange these days—to prove, I suppose, how good their thrones are, after all. This king I’m telling you about was brave, of […]
The Bad Temper of The Princess, Part 3
At a lunch several months after the dismissal of the disaffected suitors, the Prime Minister entered the dining-room and announced to the King that a man had been found within the palace gates without royal clearance, and immediately put into the dungeon. The Prime Minister said he was a handsome fellow, but he was very poorly dressed. He didn’t offer any resistance when he was captured, but he earnestly requested that he be tried as soon as possible, because he wanted to draw a layout of the palace and gardens, and he couldn’t see well from the crack at the […]
The Bad Temper of The Princess, Part 2
After half an hour the King, with his crown pushed so snugly upon his head, and with a smile on his very flushed face, burst into the Queen’s drawing-room. He was holding a tangled lock of golden hair in one hand and a sheet of blue paper in the other. ”Darling, honey, what do you think happened? Here, handwritten by Princess Madge’s hand, are the happy words that drive away all our fears. You will marry, my dear, you will marry. And listen: she cares not what his rank, age, or condition may be—he must be a contented man, that’s […]