Over the years, I have done many story and fairy tale paper dolls. Several years ago, I did a whole series of Alice in Wonderland inspired pieces and a bunch from classic fairy tales like Little Red Ridinghood and Rapunzel.
Along with my nursery rhymes and fairy tales, there’s the novel Divergent and the Harry Potter world, though I confess I am not particularly impressed with the authors more recent works or her politics, but then Lewis Carroll had his own issues and I have plenty of Alice paper dolls. Many of which you can see in the gallery below.
Story & Fairy Tale Paper Dolls
I also did a whole series of magnetic paper dolls based on fairy tales, though I haven’t included those here- as they are not terribly functional as printable and really are meant to be magnetic. You can see them in the Flock Fairy Tales Series.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy these! Did you have a favorite fairytale when you were a kid? Mine was always the 12 Dancing Princesses (which oddly, I’ve never done a paper doll of, I think the whole 12 part of that title intimidates me). I also loved East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf , and The Wild Swans, all a bit esoteric. Also, I don’t think most of them would translate very well into paper form. Knitting with stinging nettles doesn’t seem like an easy to create paper doll trope, you know?
Do you have a favorite fairy tale? Which one is it? Let me know in a comment. Who knows? Maybe it will become a paper doll someday.
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