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Hanukkah Paper Doll Printables Round Up for 2025 & A Hiatus Announcement

After a quiet November, I’m taking a short break for the rest of December to recharge and dream up new paper doll ideas. In the meantime, you can still enjoy my Hanukkah paper doll gallery with festive dolls, outfits, and accessories for the season!

Whatever holiday you celebrate (or don’t) at this time of the year, I hope your winter (or summer for those down on the other side of the globe) is a lovely time with family.

Hanukkah Paper Doll Printables From Hanukkah’s Past!

Happy Hanukkah! I hope this season brings you light, joy, and time for reflection and hope. I don’t manage to make a brand-new Hanukkah paper doll every single year (December tends to be wonderfully hectic, as I’m sure you can relate), but I always try to share something so it’s easy to find Hanukkah printables to celebrate and enjoy with kids.

Click on the images to go to the post to download whichever Hanukah paper doll printable, you like best.

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Plus, I’ll be sharing a special printable just for my patrons later this month, and quietly working behind the scenes on a new paper doll series and some big, fun plans to kick off 2026 in style.

As always, Paper Thin Personas is very much a one-woman show, and I’m deeply grateful for every visit, comment, bit of encouragement, and all your patience and support.

If you’d like to support the site, get more paper dolls, and help make future paper doll projects possible, consider joining me on Patreon or simply browse the gallery and download a doll or two to enjoy this season.

12 Autumn Fashionista Paper Dolls In Color or Black and White for Coloring!

So, as I was sorting through my archive of paper dolls this week (as I occasionally do), I pulled together a dozen designs that felt perfect for autumn and all have fun contemporary fashion vibes They all have rich colors, cozy layers, and that unmistakable sense of shifting seasons. Funny enough, a few of these dolls were originally meant for winter, and a couple I sketched with summer in mind, but looking at them now, they all feel like they belong squarely in fall. I’ll probably change my mind about this later, but that’s the artist prerogative, right?

Here in Alaska, there’s already snow on the ground, but I know that like in many parts of the world, autumn is still lingering with full of color and crisp air and the last golden days of the season. I’m only a little jealous. So, wherever you are, I hope these twelve autumn fashionistas bring a little bit of that magic to your day.

12 Printable Fall Fashionista Paper Dolls

I confess openly that I haven’t been drawing much lately. I’m having a bit of artist’s block. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, I usually return to my archives to spark some inspiration. Looking back through old paper doll designs reminded me just how much I love the feel of this season.

(I know autumn is more of a British term than an American one, but I think it sounds so much nicer than fall.)

I hope everyone is having an amazing autumn, or fall, or whatever you call it in your part of the world. And if you have a favorite fall-themed paper doll that I’ve missed, I’d love to hear about it in the comments.

Sixteen Different Printable Paper Doll Coloring Pages from Past Mays

Looking for printable paper doll coloring pages and don’t feel like digging through the archives? Who can blame you.

Over the years, I’ve created a wide range of paper doll printables from fantasy characters to historical fashion. This curated collection features 16 unique coloring pages you can download and enjoy, whether you’re a parent, teacher, or just a fan of paper dolls.

To keep myself from getting too lost in my own archives (which is very easy to do), I decided to focus on things I posted during the month of May from the blog’s beginnings all the way up to last year. It gave me a clear timeframe to work within and helped me narrow down the massive collection of paper dolls I’ve shared over the years.

I will openly admit that when I go back through my own archives, it is a little like a time capsule, highlighting things I forgot I drew and the stuff that I was going on my life that I felt like sharing.

Sixteen Different Printable Paper Doll Coloring Pages

Snake themed printable paper doll coloring page for kids
printable paper doll coloring page for young fashionistas
Polka-dot themed printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Little Mermaid printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Prom night printable paper doll coloring page for kids
18th Century historical fashion printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Fantasy fairy printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Black fashionista printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Steampunk printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Magical girl printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Earth sorceress printable paper doll coloring page for kids
printable paper doll coloring page for boys
commercial fisher printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Astronaut printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Paper doll with curls as a printable paper doll coloring page for kids
Fairy tale prince printable paper doll coloring page for kids
These paper dolls were chosen, because I’m still proud of them after all these years.

Some of these are paper doll coloring pages for kids like Ethan or Emily, while others of these are more teenager focused like my bone fairy. The bone fairy was part of a whole series of mildly creepy paper dolls I drew in college.

Want even more printable paper dolls? Explore my Etsy shop, Patreon collection, or browse hundreds of printables in the archives here!

There is a lot to explore, I have to say.

Twenty Favorite Paper Dolls With Some Very Fancy Dresses

A bit of a deep dive into the archives this week. I thought I’d do one today highlighting fancy dresses, because fancy dresses are fun.

I used to do lots of these posts and then I sort of stopped. I don’t know why. They’re fun and often inspiring for me. I often end up seeing things that I drew and thinking, Oh, I could do a riff on that and then… That’s how inspiration works after all.

Anyway, I really love drawing fancy fantasy gowns- “princess gowns” if you will. It’s funny, because as a kid, I was not a princess person. I loved dolls, but mostly I liked how the tiny clothing and details were so neat.

As a grown up, however, I find myself very attracted to drawing fancy dresses.

So, here’s twenty fancy paper doll dresses that you can pick from. Let me know if I missed a favorite dress of yours from the blog! I got most of my favorites, though I’m sure if I had searched around on a different day, I would have found a different set of twenty to highlight.

And Now… Paper Dolls Who Are Feeling Blue!

I know that blue mostly shows up in medieval manuscripts because lapis was a popular coloring agent for ink, but I still will always think of it as a medieval color. There’s something super magical about the color blue to me! It can be masculine or very feminine and thanks to indigo dye it has been around for a long long time. Woad, which is a yellow flowering plant, actually makes a bright blue die and it was used extensively before indigo came to Europe.

It also one of my favorite colors to make skin tones- I’ve done a fair number of blue skinned paper dolls over the years from fairies to aliens.

Anyway, I thought it would be fun to show off some blue paper dolls as we ease into September.

25 Paper Dolls In Blue

As I selected which blue paper dolls to feature here, I really wanted to show blue as a historical color- like this 1920s dress and this medieval one- and blue as a preppy color like this modern paper doll. In my wardrobe, mostly blue shows up in my jeans, but my paper dolls have more fun than that.

Paper dolls always get more fun with their clothing than I do.

Here’s Some Paper Doll Printables in Purple!

To me, purple feels magical, royal, and a little mysterious. I’d say this was because it was a secondary color, but I sure don’t feel this way about orange or green.

Back in the ancient world, purple dye came from a rare sea snail in the ancient Phoenician city of Tyre (Lebanon). Tyrian purple, as it was known, was so costly that basically you had to be a king to wear cloth dyed purple. Hence the long and fascinating association of purple with all thing royal. There are other ways to get purple without the use of sea snails, generally by dying fabric red or blue and then over dyeing it in purple.

I think it is neat that purple can be sweet like this paper doll or sexy and gothic like this paper doll.

As with all my other paper doll color collections my selection criteria was simple- does it seem purple to me?

20 Paper Dolls Wearing Purple

Anyway, when I do my paper dolls, I have a long affection for purple. As, I was working on these color based paper doll collections, I knew it would be fun to look at all my purple paper dolls. There’s a real variety of purple things in here from evening gowns to princess dresses. I don’t really know if I have a favorite here, but I do love that there are so many shades of purple from this blue-violet color to this mavue-ish pink.

I hope you like all these fun purple paper dolls!

Some of My Paper Dolls In Teal

I feel like every time I do one of these “paper doll color collections” I say that the color is my favorite color, but then I really do love a lot of colors and I chose colors I like. I mean, I don’t want to spend a lot of time staring at colors I don’t like. The thing is, I really like all the colors. Teal though has the honor of being the one I own the most clothing in. I was once told I had to stop buying teal sweaters by a dear friend when she pointed out that I owned five.

Five was, perhaps, excessive. But I like teal!

One of the things I like about teal is that it can be blue or green and depending on what you pair it with, it changes a bit how it feels. It can be modern with orange or romantic and old fashioned tone on tone.

30 Different Paper Dolls In Teal

As I always do, I tried do a variety of themes like steampunk, fantasy and fashion. I don’t have a lot of historical things in teal I did realize when I was selecting pieces for this little showcase. Maybe I should get on more of that, I guess.

Teal is also a color that I think can like winter or summer depending on what you pair it with. I’m currently planning my wedding and people keep asking me about my colors. I have no idea, but I guess I’ll have to make up my mind soon. (My fiancé has suggested a hot dog themed wedding which would mean red, green, and mustard yellow… I have told him that is NOT happening.)

I digress. Enjoy the paper dolls! And there’s a newsletter tomorrow so sign up here if you want to get it and it’s a St. Patrick’s Day paper doll.

All the Jewels and Gemstones 2.0 Paper Dolls of 2021

Normally, I have a few paper dolls that I have finished at the end of the year and they over lap into January. As usual, I did this year as well and because of various life events, I decided the best thing to do would be to wait on my round up until I’d posted all of them. I knew I would be away from the site for a while and it seemed the easiest thing for the pre-scheduling I knew I would have to do. As I did with my 2020 round up, I decided to break down the paper dolls into categories.

Contemporary Fashion Paper Dolls

Historical Fashion Paper Dolls

In Chronological Order By Era

Fantasy, Steampunk, Sci-Fi and Fairy Tale Paper Dolls

This was not my most productive year on the blog (though this doesn’t count my Newslettter or my Patreon content), so there were 27 different Jewels and Gemstones paper dolls shared on the blog today, taking the total Jewels and Gemstones 2.0 count to 77, I think? I might be adding that wrong- it would not be the first time. There are, of course, the Patreon exclusive Jewels and Gemstones as well for my 2 dollar and up patrons, so there’s a few more, if I wanted to add them all together.

I always look at my stats at the end of the year and while this is a little early, I think I can still do it. The numbers are always odd, because my most popular post of all time, according to my Google Analytics is this Marisole Monday Black and White Modern Girl post from 2010. Why? Not sure, but I think it has something to do with how Google values “age” of pages and that image is all over Google image search and Pinterest.

To my own surprise, it wasn’t a Jewels and Gemstones paper doll that was my most popular post in 2021, but rather my retro space foray with the Dolls Du Jour (who have been a bit neglected this year… I should draw more for them). Second place goes to my 1860s historical paper doll and another DDJ post gets third place- my foray into fantasy renaissance gowns. The rest of my top 5 slots are taken up by non-paper doll posts (like this book review and my book announcement). I don’t really know if any of this means anything (especially because most people just go to the main page and don’t click into the specific posts, so really… who knows?) But I do find the numbers always interesting.

Since I am in recovery mode from some medical stuff, I am taking a break for a few weeks. I hope to be back for Valentine’s Day in February (because I love Valentines Day paper dolls) and until then I hope everyone has a lovely few quiet weeks.

I’m opening up comments, because I am super curious: What was your favorite paper doll of 2021 as we settle into 2022?

Twenty-Five Paper Dolls Rocking in Red

Yes, I like alliteration, let’s move on… Maybe it’s that it’s winter and I always think of red in the winter time, or maybe it is that there’s lots of darkness and snow and I am craving brightness and brilliance.

I love red. It’s one of my favorite colors, but I have to lean towards the blue-red side of the red spectrum. It also occurs to me that in a different context, this entire blog post could be seen as a political creed for Communism… hmmm…

Paper Doll Printables All Wearing Red

When I do these color based collections, I really just skim through the archives and grab things that strike me as “red” which is to say there’s no real logic to the concept. I mean, I hardly plan things to begin with. One thing I do try is to have a variety of the shades of red from the softer red to the very bright racy red!

Stay warm out there in this chilly time of year and wear whatever colors bring you joy.

A Little Round Up for My Gothic Fashion Paper Dolls

Something about Halloween makes me think of all things Gothic, so I had planned to share this over October, but something about me and October. I always think- Nothing is going to happen in October and then October always proves me wrong.

There’s probably a lesson there, but I’ll forget it by this time next year.

Anyhow, when I think of gothic fashion, I often end up thinking of what was in style in the early 2000s when I was teenager- lots of low rise pants, corsets and fishtail skirts. I also really like Gothic Lolita, because I get such joy from drawing ruffles.

Twenty Gothic Fashion Paper Dolls to Print and Play With

Putting together this set made me realize that I really should do another Gothic set soon, though I don’t know if I’ll get to it before the end of the year. Life is, as often happens, getting in the way of my paper doll related pursuits, but that’s okay. One of the most wonderful things about the over a decade I’ve been posting on PTP is that it’ll be here when I’m feeling prolific and it’ll be here in times of rest.

Ghosts & Vampires Paper Dolls to Print for Halloween!

Happy October! I can’t think of a holiday more fitting for paper dolls than Halloween.

So, this first day of month, I figured I would shine a light on two themes I haven’t done much- vampires and ghosts, in paper doll form of course. I’m not a big fan of super spooky Halloween. I tend to lean towards and elegant gothic theme or a cute one.

Vampire & Ghost Paper Dolls to Print

All right, I hope you all enjoy this collection of ghosts and vampires to start out the month of October. The days are getting shorter up here and the it will soon snow (it usually does before the end of the month), so I am already gearing up for the cold months ahead, but am super excited to decorate the front porch for Halloween. My partner goes all out, but I have a rule against things that make noise.

25 Paper Dolls in Yellow

I have always had mixed feelings about the color yellow and I rather think I am not the only one. It seems to me that the color yellow has a sort of mixed reputation. It’s either a sunny happy color, represents the emperor in Imperial China, or might drive you mad.

After all, there’s the King in Yellow, both the title of a short story collection by Robert W. Chambers and, according to Chamber’s works, a play which if read, causes madness and despair. There’s also the wonderful short-story the Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in which a woman becomes increasingly obsessed with wallpaper in a house she’s stuck in. I had yellow painted walls in my room in high school which I liked more after I read the Yellow Wallpaper. Hmm… that may say more about me than the color yellow.

The point, lest I wander entirely into the world of 19th century American horror fiction, is that the color yellow seems really be a chameleon. From a purely artistic point-of-view, yellow is a tough color, because it can easily get muddy and end up looking rather awful. It’s also a color I rarely wear, but I really like it. So, here today is a round up of 25 paper dolls from the site that are wearing yellow.

25 Printable Paper Dolls Wearing Yellow

Somehow when I see yellow in historical garments, I am always a little surprised. I don’t know why- you can get quite a good yellow color from several different natural dyes including brown onion skins, turmeric, and several different flowers. I think I just associate yellow with all things modern, as I tend to with most bright colors, even though I know better.

In today’s paper doll round up, there is fantasy yellow, a 1970s yellow jumpsuit, a 1970s yellow dress, a version of Alice’s dress in yellow, and a modern take on yellow as part of a nautical paper doll set. All around, a pretty good showing for this color.

I recently did a Paper Dolls in Pink collection and I think next up maybe blue or red… not sure which one yet.