Category: Children
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…
A Christmas Doll Story
The Christmas children’s story below was originally printed in 1904. For many cycles after old Kris Kringle began to carry gifts at yuletide to little…
Baby Auto Car Wood Plans From 1917
While reading through a newspaper published in 1917, we stumbled across this adorable plan and pattern for a wooden baby auto car. [1]
Glove Trust Uses Schools As Apprentice Shops
Imagine living in a town where the only work you can get is glove making. To make matters worse, the companies who employ these glove…
Old Instructions on How to Make Sky Lanterns
Floating paper balloons or sky lanterns are popular in some areas, although I have to admit that I am scared that one would start a…
Pushmobiles in the Early 1900s
Just the other summer, I saw a small group of kids out with their pushmobiles. Parents were standing by, rather proudly, as the kids all…
Winter Coats Paper Doll
This winter coats paper doll was originally published in The San Francisco Call, December 09, 1911. It reads: Miss Paper Doll wants to have all…
Bonnet Paper Doll Cut Out
This paper doll was originally printed in The St. Louis Republic, November 30, 1902. That is over 100 years ago! The instructions say: Here is…
Johnny Paper Doll Activity
It is highly unusual to find boy paper dolls, but here one is. This was originally published in The San Francisco Call, August 17, 1912….
