BLESS THE BEASTS . . . and the Children

"Here is Natalie. Color her hair brown, and her face and hands pink. The school dress is green and white, and she wears green half hose with brown slippers. Cut her out and mount her on light weight cardboard. You'll hardly recognize her tomorrow." Natalie is from the Betty Cut-Out series, October 15, 1923."She's a bird!" shouted Billy Cut-Out, coming into the house to see Betty fashioning a paper costume for Natalie, who sat watching.

"I hope it's a bird." retorted Betty, "This is supposed to be an owl!" "It has wise old eyes and everything." admired Billy. "With a few flying lessons, Natalie, you could live in a tree the rest of your life." - October 19, 1923.

The PROBLEM, 1913

" The PROBLEM is to ascertain the total of the figures in the puzzle chart. Just add 'em up. The figures run from one to nine. There are no double figures, and no characters which are not figures." This adding contest appeared in newspapers in May of 1913. I get a headache just thinking about adding up these numbers.

Happy Mother's Day with Pooh Bear, 1975

This Sears coloring contest appeared in a Canadian newspaper on May 03, 1975. The image could be made into a cute Mother's Day card.

AGNES and CAROLYN Paper Dolls, 1928

Agnes And Her Younger Sister, Carolyn - Paper dolls by Betty Webb, age 15, appeared in the Tribune on April 15, 1928.

Celebrating MAY DAY With Susie & Friends

From April 28, 1928. The Susie May coloring series appeared in newspapers for decades.

From May 01, 1932.

Color BETHSAIDA, 1911

The lovely BETHSAIDA paper doll is feeling a little wan and colorless - can you help her? Paints, colored pencils or crayons will once again make BETHSAIDA and her wardrobe the envy of all the other paper dolls. From October 15, 1911.

BLESS THE BEAST . . . From The O.P.D.A.G. Cookbook

This cute chicken paper doll by Audrey Kaiser appears in The Original Paper Doll Artists Guild Cookbook from 1986. The cookbook has paper dolls on practically every page - lots of fun. Thanks mom.