Category: Children
Kids Craft 1970s Wind Chime
The tinkling wind chime was a popular children’s craft project back in the 1970s. I was born in ’73 and I remember making this craft…
Kids Craft 1970s Toy Farm
This craft project for making a toy farm is similar to something I did with poster board for my kids. If your kids like playing…
How to Draw a German Soldier from 1909
The image below shows how to draw a German soldier. This image was originally published in 1909 and shows the general dress for German soldiers…
How to Draw a Baseball Player – 1909 Instructions
Drawing styles change from decade to decade, and this how to image on drawing a baseball player shows a style that was very unique to…
Pickwick Paper Doll Cutout
The paper doll below is of Mr. Pickwick, a character in Dickens’ The Pickwick Papers. It was published in 1913 and was meant for children…
When Kids Collected Free Things
In the 1980s, I collected cheap, plastic charms, jelly bracelets, and rocks. Today, my youngest child collects expensive junk bought inside surprise bags and large,…
Strange 1921 Device to Hold Baby’s Bottle
Numerous strange baby devices came out in the early part of the 20th century, and nearly all of them looked like medieval torture devices. It…
Connect The Dots 1-60 From 1913
The connect the dots below was originally published in 1913. At the time, connect the dots were seldom published in newspapers and they were not…
How To Draw A Parrot
It was very common in the early 1900s to publish a children’s page in the newspapers and provide drawing lessons, such as the following lesson…
Bulgarian Peasant Paper Dolls
The following Bulgarian peasant paper dolls were originally published in 1914. According to the instruction, children are supposed to glue the image to cardboard (or…
