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McCall's Paper Dolls for Free

Submitted by: Winnie 01/27/2010 9:41 AM

I was nearly in tears when I discovered this site where you can reprint 10 years of McCall's paper dolls. I can remember sitting with my grandmother carefully cutting out each page and spending hours dressing up my beloved paper dolls.

We grew up poor and even these paper dolls were considered a luxury. I hadn't thought about them in years, so seeing these pages brought back floods of fond memories. I plan to frame a couple for my sewing room, and look forward to sharing these delightful paper dolls with my granddaughters.

Thank you to Teri Pettit for sharing these!

Betsy McCall - The First Ten Years

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Thanks for sharing this. A recent forum comment mentioned paper dolls so I shared your link there.

Posted by anonymous on February 05, 2010 1:16 PM

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I love Tip Hero and look forward to reading it daily (I've learned so much). I have never commented, but was thrilled to see the Betsy McCall paper doll link that I just had to say "what a treat, I feel like a little girl again, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!"

Posted by anonymous on February 05, 2010 8:44 PM

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What a treat! The younger readers will not appreciate this as much as those of us who remember with fondness the hours spent playing with paper dolls. Thank you!

Posted by anonymous on February 06, 2010 10:00 AM

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I had forgotten all about paper dolls! We were very poor when I was a little girl, so this was what I had to play with.

Posted by Trish on February 06, 2010 2:44 PM

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OMG! This brings tears to my eyes. Great memories!

Posted by Lynn on February 11, 2010 3:07 PM

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Wow, what a treat! Bringing the old back into the new. Thanks so much!

Posted by anonymous on February 11, 2010 7:00 PM

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Teri, Thank you for this information. I can remember cutting out the paper dolls out fo the McCalls magazine when my Mom would go and get her hair done. WE didn't have alot fo money either and they made great toys for me as we traveled since we were a military family. That brought back many good memories that I shared with my Mom. I got Shiriley Temple paper dolls for both my girls one year for Christmas and I still have those in a box in the closet. They will be ready for my Granddaughter when she is old enough. She is just over a year old now. Thanks again, Anne Cooper

Posted by Anne Cooper on February 11, 2010 11:52 PM

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Thanks Teri, I'm 56 years old and have started a inner child workshop and was wondering where to find the McCall paper doll to use in class with the ladies as we reverted back to that age in our
childhood. Thank so much, Carolyn Walker

Posted by anonymous on February 12, 2010 9:11 PM

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Thank you SO much! So many wonderful graphic items like this which I remember are appearing all over the Internet. The childhood I thought I'd lost is still here for me!! Hooray!!

Posted by Rivahcat on February 13, 2010 9:08 AM

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Wow! I've always told everyone that I had been a tomboy as a child. I had SO forgotten about paper dolls. Now, I'll have to amend myself to add playin with paper dolls. As the youngest of 5 girls, in a single parent household, there never seemed to be enough money for the hottest new toys. However, with paper doll, I was able to forget about everything, and enter into "their" world. Thank you so much for reminding me of those memories.

Posted by Karen on February 13, 2010 2:02 PM

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Thank you thank you thanky you!
I had been looking for things to occupy my grandchild during visits (I am disabled) and searched in vain for paper dolls.
Bless you!

Posted by anonymous on February 13, 2010 7:51 PM

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Thank you so much!!! I was so excited when my mom got the McCalls magazine when I was a young girl! Many times over the years I've pined for my simple paper dolls, I was a very shy girl,and spent hours and hours playing with these. My own daughter never had this special "toy".

Posted by Polly on February 17, 2010 7:12 PM

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