dress-up paperdolls

Africa is famous for it's beautiful fabrics. Women wear bright color combinations with multiple patterns.

Dress-up Dolls
So, yesterday we dressed-up these paper dolls with let over pieces of fabric.
I prepaired the pieces of fabric by cutting them small. I printed a boy and girl coloring page which we used as dress-up doll.

The kids really loved it and they made many beautiful outfits.

all you need is:
- pieces of fabric
- sciccors
- glue
- paper with a poppet on it
- coloring pencils

Continent box Africa #2 People

Hi everybody,

Today is International Nelson Mandela day, so this Friday we're looking at the people of Africa.

The people of Africa are on of the things that shows the variety of the continent. Their skin color is a little different every place you go, their clothes, their habits, their life.

I made 30 cards with pictures of the people of Africa, beautiful portrets from 30 different countries.
Here are a few.

these are actually the old ones. I re-did them and wrote the country under it.

Here are some.

 

 

DIY: Asian paper dolls

I like to make paper dolls. They are cute, easy to make and colorfull. I've been looking for nice coloring pages to use for my paper dolls and I found many cute ones.

Today we're making paper dolls of Asian people.

What you need to make these is:
- printed coloring pages
- coloring pencils
- scissors

First print a few coloring pages. Then you and your kids can start coloring them. When finished, cut them out.
I lamineted them but you can also gluw them to a piece of cardboard.

To remember from which country they are, write it down on the back side of your paper doll.

Here some of the coloring pages I used, but there are many more on the internet.