Paper Doll

Lesson Plans

• Math Connection: 
• Learning different geometric shapes for body parts. Discuss what shapes work for body parts.
• Make a doll that is proportional to your own. 
• Molly Bang's "Picture This": What do certain shapes mean to you? Why? Does round always mean safe and pointed always mean scary and unsafe? What about round? How do you create emotion with shapes?
• Geography Connection: Flat Stanley; be socially engaged with your paper doll. Document your experience with him/her. 

Materials

• Paper Doll: cardstock (recycled manila folders), white glue, hole punch, scissors, toothpick, back of pencil
• Transferring: Chartpack "blender" pen; graphite  

Techniques

• Hinged paper doll without brads
1. cut out shapes for body parts
2. hole punch the piece that will be in the back
3. when the pieces are set, place a small dab of white glue in the center of the punched hole with a toothpick 
4. cut out a piece of cardstock that is big enough to cover the hole and overlap a little
5. place the piece mentioned in the previous step on the hole where the glue was applied
6. use the back of a pencil to hold in place for 30 seconds
7. be gentle, but check to see of the parts move
• Transferring images 
• Using Blender Pen
1. cut out image
2. place face down on the surface that you are transferring to
3. hold steady while coloring the back with the blender pen
4. when image becomes hazy, lift one corner to check transfer
5. if the image transferred successfully, remove the original image
6. if not, continue coloring with the pen until the image transfers
• Using Graphite
1. color the back of an image with graphite
2. place with the graphite down on the surface that you are transferring to
3. trace image with a pen/pencil to transfer the graphite on the back to the application surface

Back of Paper Doll using "brad-less" technique

Finished Paper Doll Example