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Does Anyone Remember Paper Cut Out Dolls?

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Fairycakes Sat 13-Jan-24 13:17:04

When I was little (in the 60s) my mum would often buy me a book with a paper cut out doll. I would spend hours quietly playing with it, dressing it up in different outfits with matching handbags and hats. I haven't seen them on sale for a long time. Maybe today's children wouldn't find them so absorbing. I did manage to buy a wooden one for my granddaughter, but she wasn't interested. I think she prefers her kindle, ha! ha!

Does anyone else remember them?

Germanshepherdsmum Sat 13-Jan-24 13:22:46

Yes, I loved them.

Juliet27 Sat 13-Jan-24 13:22:59

Yes, I remember them.. little tabs on the clothes to bend around the body. For some reason I put mine into the narrow gap between the bath and bath panel. Didn’t mean to let go but there she was - gone!

Esmay Sat 13-Jan-24 13:24:51

I absolutely loved them .
Oddly for a tomboy -I really appreciated the frilly frocks .
Were they in Judy or Bunty comics ?
Or both ?

LauraNorderr Sat 13-Jan-24 13:25:51

I do remember them Fairycakes. They were good fun.
One of my granddaughters, now in her teens used to have a monthly magazine with a push out card doll with paper clothes and accessories. Can’t remember what it was called but is probably still available.

ginny Sat 13-Jan-24 13:29:04

Yes, I loved them. They were on the back of certain comics but there were also whole books of them.
I have seen some recently but not sure how popular they are.

LauraNorderr Sat 13-Jan-24 13:29:24

I’ve just looked on line, there are lots of dress up dolls or cut out dolls. Perhaps we could have some fun with a trip down memory lane.

Visgir1 Sat 13-Jan-24 13:33:16

I recall they were in the Bunty or was it Judy? loved them but they only lasted me for a short I always ended up with no tabs.

TerriBull Sat 13-Jan-24 13:36:19

Yes loved them kept me amused for hours, sometimes with a friend, we had our respective dolls' social lives planned out with suitable attire for any occasion grin

I think I bought a book containing press out doll and clothes for my granddaughter when she was younger, but it didn't quite grab her in the same way. My take on that, less stuff to play with, our generation = more satisfaction with what we did have!

Grandmabatty Sat 13-Jan-24 13:54:57

They were on the back of The Bunty. I used to cut them out and collect all the permutations and dress up the dolls. We would have parties and I would create wee characters

downtoearth Sat 13-Jan-24 13:59:31

I used to love playing with these,lots of imagination and conversations in my head,I was a solitary child,they became my friends.

It was Bunty that had the dolls on the back.

luluaugust Sat 13-Jan-24 14:00:45

I remember them really well from the 50s, hours of fun cutting out and dressing up.

Bridie22 Sat 13-Jan-24 14:02:06

I had forgotten about the Bunty dolls, I used to have a shoe boxful, and if lucky at birthday and Xmas would get a posh cardboard book one .

Chocolatelovinggran Sat 13-Jan-24 14:06:21

The current version is the same, but the paper is sturdier- more like card. They're a big hit with my little granddaughters.

JamesandJon33 Sat 13-Jan-24 14:30:29

Oh yes. Loved them and I used to make my own also. All clothes with the little tabs to fold over.

Freya5 Sat 13-Jan-24 14:36:05

I do remember them, so much fun.

Ilovecheese Sat 13-Jan-24 14:38:54

I loved them too. My granddaughter has some with peel off stickers instead of paper with tabs.

Grandma70s Sat 13-Jan-24 14:47:57

Bunty and Judy didn’t exist when I was a child, but I certainly had those paper dolls. Loved them.

keepcalmandcavachon Sat 13-Jan-24 14:48:23

Ilovecheese Ooh I'm so happy this is still a thing for little ones to enjoy, I used to like drawing different backgrounds and rooms for them to live in.

BlueBelle Sat 13-Jan-24 14:52:30

I really liked them too I can remember sitting at nans kitchen table pressing the clothes out of the thick page and bending the little tabs over

JudyBloom Sat 13-Jan-24 14:54:59

Loved the cut out paper dolls, books of them are still available online.

21Tinkerbell Sat 13-Jan-24 14:56:48

I loved them, and made loads of my own as well

Grannynannywanny Sat 13-Jan-24 15:00:20

I remember them well and loved them as a small child in the 50s. I can remember the disappointment when the tabs wore away and fell off and expecting my dad to drop what he was doing and attempt a repair job 😊

Greyduster Sat 13-Jan-24 16:10:18

In use to love these books, and made a family of my own for my dolls house with clothes. Kept me quiet for ages.

Clawdy Sat 13-Jan-24 16:58:10

I loved mine, and never forgot the horror when I found my little sister had ripped the head of each one! She was only a toddler, but I remember shrieking at her, and my mum saying "She's too little, she didn't mean to do it!"