Baby Paper Doll

June 24, 1923.  A cute baby paper doll from the BETTY CUT-OUT series.

A BETTY Paper Doll

June 03, 1923.  Betty Cut-Out and five of her favorite outfits.  Color and enjoy.

My Kind of "Boy Toy"

May 27, 1923.  Another paper doll from the Betty Cut-Out series.  Billy Cut-Out and his dog, Bouncer.

Fun With Aunt Elsie

 April 29, 1923.  A paper doll by Aunt Elsie.

April 22, 1923.  A drawing submitted to the Aunt Elsie page by Doris Durfee, age 10.

Joe Goes On A Hike and Catches A Cold!

December 09, 1923.  JOE GOES ON A HIKE WITH SPORT, from the Betty Cut-Out series.

Betty and Billy as Pirates.

July 29, 1923.  Billy  plays pirate and Betty dresses as a pirate lady.

The Many Dogs of the Betty Cut-Out Series.

 September 09, 1923.  The BETTY Cut-Out series included many animal cut-outs and especially dogs.

 September 09, 1923.  King of the Dog Show, Two Society Dogs and the Bulldog Puppies and the basket.

 June 17, 1923.  Bouncer in the circus.

 July 22, 1923.  A Dog, a Lion or an Elephant?

September 23, 1923.  Scrubby, the little gray ragamuffin.

ROSALIE from Betty Cut-Out Series

December 23, 1923.  ROSALIE paper doll from the Betty Cut-Out series.

PEGGY from Betty Cut-Out

December 30, 1923.  PEGGY paper doll from the Betty Cut-Out series.

Marjorie and Her Chicken Suit

November 11, 1923.  Marjorie Clipper paper doll from the Betty Cut-Out series.

Polly Put The Kettle On

November 24, 1923.  Polly put the kettle on, The kettle on, the kettle on.  Polly put the kettle on, We'll all take tea.  "Playing in the Paper Kitchen.  How To Make The Play Kitchen.  Paste Polly, Trip and Trott, the stove and the kitchen toys onto the cover of an old magazine.  Do not cut them out until they are stiff and dry.  Straight black lines show where you are to cut.  Dotted lines show where you are to fold.  To make the stove stand, fold on the dotted lines and slip the ends together, one under the other.  Set the kitchen toys behind the tiny brackets on the stove."

Sailor Jack and Miss Frenchy, 1923

July 29, 1923. "AMERICAN JACK. Dolls of different nations would not be much to our liking unless one was from our very own land. So here's a sailor at salute, a bit young and awkward, we'll admit, but patriotic, and promising if you make him up according to instructions." (Directions for making Jack into a stuffed cloth doll followed, which I skipped.) "Lots of children who are not large enough to sew and make these dolls from many lands have the collection in paper dolls. You can readily see how easy it is to cut, color and paste Jackie into a good strong paper sailor. He wouldn't be much good in water, but this is a dry-land sailor anyway."

June 24, 1923. "THE FRENCH FLOWER GIRL. This month we have a dear little doll from another land - that is, she will be pretty if you make her just so!"

PAPER POLLYKIN GOES SKIING

January 28, 1923. "Here is a cut-out of Pollykin as she looks when she goes a-skiing on the hills near her home in the country. Cut Pollykin out and put her together according to directions and she will ski down a slanting board and show you exactly how it is done. DIRECTIONS: Paste the cut-out on thin cardboard. When the paste is thoroughly dry, cut carefully around the outlines of both Pollykin and the standard. Bend the standard along dotted lines, press wings back so that they meet, and paste flaps at bottom of wings to the base between the skiis. All that now remains to complete the toy is to paste Pollykin to the upright section of the standard. Color the toy with paints or crayons."

The Worst Baby In Town, 1923

August 26, 1923. The Worst Baby In Town paper doll from the Betty Cut-Out series. "What I can't understand", said Roger in disgust, "is that a boy like I am should have such a bad brother as Baby."

Sweet Dreams BUNNY TOTS, 1923

December 02, 1923. Jackets hanging on their pegs and little shoes in a row beside the bed - I LIKE!!

Wapasso & Tanagida, 1923

Wapasso and his sister, Tanagida, new friends of Betty Cut-Out. From August 12, 1923.

Billy Cut-Out, 1923

From the Betty Cut-Out series, July 01, 1923.

A Dancing Doll of Pollykin, 1923

"Here we have Pollykin in her dancing costume. You all remember Pollykin of the Woodland Wonder Tales. Follow the directions carefully in cutting her out." From June 17, 1923.

Betty Cut-Out Series, 1923

From "Aunt Elsie", July 08, 1923. A Betty, Ruth and Doll cut-out paper doll.

ROBERT and his new Rompers, Hats & Shoes

This newspaper paper doll is from December 02, 1923. I found two other paper dolls from this series in the newspaper, but both are very dark. I can not imagine my brothers wearing clothes like these when they were tots.