Happy Black Friday! I love Thanksgiving and enjoyed yesterday with our family! All the food, mmmmmmmmm..............., and just hanging out and watching the kids play. Love it.
One time, about 8 years ago, I ventured out in the wee hours of the morning on Black Friday. I was after a My First Leapad for our oldest, who was almost 2. I think Walmart had it for $20? I really can't remember that well. I was tired. It was COLD. And the store was CROW.DED! Never again. I think I saved $10. Totally not worth it. Ever since, I sleep in and spend the day doing fun stuff at home. Sometimes sewing, sometimes crafting, maybe a movie, putting up Christmas decorations.
Today I showered early (Yay!) and thought of something fun to do for my now 10 year old girly girl. A few weeks ago I found these Thanksgiving printables at Daydream Doll Boutique and thought those were really fun. Then, I remembered I had these adorable paper dolls I bought from Sarah Jane Studios last year! How fun to make paper dolls for the dolls!
I already had these on my computer, but Sarah Jane has some freebies on her site you can use RIGHT NOW! Also, take a look at her store because she has a lot of really great stuff on there! Including more paper dolls you can purchase and a Nutcracker Theater, a Peter and the Wolf Theater, and a Nativity Theater. SO CUTE!
Anyway, after you download some paper dolls, stick some card stock in your printer. When you get ready to print, set your page scaling to either 50% or "Multiple pages per sheet". I did the latter. If it only prints on one half of the page (which is what you are aiming for), you can turn it around and print another page on the other half. This is what I did because my paper doll files were one page per file.
Hand them to your daughter and tell her to have fun!
Since they are small, I recommended to her not to cut out between the legs and to leave white space around things with tiny detail. I also used an exacto knife to cut out face holes in hoods and jackets for her. You can also use tiny pieces of double sided tape or folded tape to stick the paper dolls to your dollie's hands.
The dolls are having a great time!
Ava really wants to make a small Nativity Theater for her dolls, so I'll try to post when we get to that. We are actually going on a small road trip tomorrow to a Homestead Fair, so this might make a good activity for her to work on in the van.
Whatever you are doing this Black Friday, I hope you are having fun!
One time, about 8 years ago, I ventured out in the wee hours of the morning on Black Friday. I was after a My First Leapad for our oldest, who was almost 2. I think Walmart had it for $20? I really can't remember that well. I was tired. It was COLD. And the store was CROW.DED! Never again. I think I saved $10. Totally not worth it. Ever since, I sleep in and spend the day doing fun stuff at home. Sometimes sewing, sometimes crafting, maybe a movie, putting up Christmas decorations.
Today I showered early (Yay!) and thought of something fun to do for my now 10 year old girly girl. A few weeks ago I found these Thanksgiving printables at Daydream Doll Boutique and thought those were really fun. Then, I remembered I had these adorable paper dolls I bought from Sarah Jane Studios last year! How fun to make paper dolls for the dolls!
I already had these on my computer, but Sarah Jane has some freebies on her site you can use RIGHT NOW! Also, take a look at her store because she has a lot of really great stuff on there! Including more paper dolls you can purchase and a Nutcracker Theater, a Peter and the Wolf Theater, and a Nativity Theater. SO CUTE!
Anyway, after you download some paper dolls, stick some card stock in your printer. When you get ready to print, set your page scaling to either 50% or "Multiple pages per sheet". I did the latter. If it only prints on one half of the page (which is what you are aiming for), you can turn it around and print another page on the other half. This is what I did because my paper doll files were one page per file.
Hand them to your daughter and tell her to have fun!
Since they are small, I recommended to her not to cut out between the legs and to leave white space around things with tiny detail. I also used an exacto knife to cut out face holes in hoods and jackets for her. You can also use tiny pieces of double sided tape or folded tape to stick the paper dolls to your dollie's hands.
The dolls are having a great time!
Ava really wants to make a small Nativity Theater for her dolls, so I'll try to post when we get to that. We are actually going on a small road trip tomorrow to a Homestead Fair, so this might make a good activity for her to work on in the van.
Whatever you are doing this Black Friday, I hope you are having fun!
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