Not only are these sweet Nature Paper Dolls beautifully decorated with natural materials, they are also really fun to create.
Did anyone else love paper dolls when they were little? I spent hours playing with paper dolls and they make up some of my favorite childhood memories, but no matter how hard I push them on her, my daughter just won’t show any interest in them. However, these sweet Nature Paper Dolls finally peaked her interested! She had so much fun with them, and I know other kids will too!
What you’ll need to make Nature Paper Dolls
- Drawing paper
- Pencil and marker
- Hot glue
- Natural materials
How to make Nature Paper Dolls
- Draw your character – Grab a pencil and a piece of white drawing paper and sketch a simple person. My daughter and I decided to sketch little girls, with sweet faces and various hairdos. But you could draw fairies, little boys, animals, whatever you like! We added closed eyes, freckles on their cheeks, and simple grins to make them super cute. We didn’t draw hands or feet, but created limbs for each. Also, sketch them large enough to take up the whole page.
- Once your character is sketched out, go over it with a black marker. Your characters can be as detailed and creative as you like; just have fun with it! And you are welcome to use ours as inspiration, if you like!
- Collect materials – Like many of our other activities, like Rainbow Flower Wall Hangings, Blooming Twig Trees, and Clay Flower Cookies, this one also requires fresh flowers and other natural materials. So, you’ll need to head outside to collect them. Your backyard, your garden, a park, or a nature area are great places to look for materials to decorate your characters with. Look for colorful flower petals and leaves of multiple sizes. You could even add feathers or twigs or small pinecones.
- Dress your character – Once you’ve collected some pretty natural materials, it’s time to dress up your character. Choose items you’d like to use for your characters clothes and accessories. Lay them out on your drawing to help decide how to position the materials. When you’re happy with the final design, grab the hot glue gun and add a dab here and there, whoever you’d like to attach material.
Outfit ideas for Nature Paper Dolls
- Skirts – Flower petals and narrow leaves work great for short and long skirts.
- Shirts – Feathers, small flower petals, and small leaves also work great to create a shirt or the top of a dress. A bundle of flowers works too.
- Wings – Adding two large leaves on either side of the character make really cute fairy wings.
- Hair pieces – We added small whole flowers to our characters hair to create cute hair pieces. Making a crown of flowers would be adorable too!
- Bouquets – Adding a bouquet of tiny flowers to your characters’ hands is a nice detail too.
How to Make Nature Paper Dolls
Not only are these sweet Nature Paper Dolls beautifully decorated with natural materials, they are also really fun to create.
Materials
- Paper
- Natural materials (flowers, leaves, feathers, grass, twigs, etc.)
Tools
- Pencil
- Black Marker
- Hot glue gun
Instructions
1. Grab a pencil and a piece of white drawing paper and sketch a simple character. It could be little girls, fairies, little boys, animals, whatever you like! Be sure to sketch the characters large enough to cover the whole page.
2. Once your character is sketched out, go over it with a black marker. Your characters can be as detailed and creative as you like; just have fun with it!
3. Head outside to collect natural materials to decorate your characters with. Look for colorful flower petals and leaves of multiple sizes. You could even add feathers or twigs or small pinecones.
4. Once you've collected some pretty natural materials, it's time to decorate your character. Choose items you'd like to use for your characters clothes and accessories. Lay them out on your drawing to help decide how to position the materials. When you're happy with the final design, grab the hot glue gun and add a dab here and there, whoever you'd like to attach material.
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