This project first appeared this summer on The Crafty Crow blog,
it was a guest post by another blogger named Merilee from Mer Mag blog.
She made adorable paper doll ballerinas as part of the summer book and a craft series
with the book "Chasing Degas."
It was such a fun girlie craft I knew my little ballerina "C" would love it.
They used crepe paper (party streamers) for their tu-tus,
I substituted with cupcake wrappers!
Merilee has a printable template you can get here.
But, I just drew a bunch of ballerinas free hand with colored sharpies
on white card stock paper. Then we got to work cutting them out.
"C" was excited when I showed her the cupcake wrappers
and explained that she could make skirts for the dancers.
She colored some dolls and asked me to color some with her.
She added skirts to all of our dolls.
Cutting and gluing the cupcake wrappers to make skirts was her favorite part.
I put all of the ballerina making materials in a basket and left it on the art studio table.
It's been fun to find little dancers around the house!
One of "C"s sweet ballerina paper dolls.
I love how she made a leotard out of a cupcake wrapper to match the tu-tu.
"C" even made one into a card for her ballet teacher!
Fondly,
Pink and Green Mama
7 comments:
Those are so cute. I'm thinking of making Princess a paper doll kit to take with her to the boys kung fu classes.
What a cute project - I can see my daughter loving these ballerinas as well.
Gorgeous idea, perfect for girls of all ages!
Oh wow! These are fabulous! My daughter LOVES to play with patty cases so we'll have to give these cute dollies a go! I've pinned this on Pinterest! Thanks for sharing!
So cute! My girls will love making these dolls. I'm going to pin it too!
Thanks,
Tonya
www.stringskeysandmelodies.blogspot.com
So fun and encourages creative thinking! My girls would still love this even at 7 and 9. I'll have to show them.
Jen
Creative and Curious Kids!
it is very easy we will make together with my daughter thanks
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