ABIGAIL ADAMS Paper Doll by Kay Stamps, 1984

1984.  An original paper doll by Kay Stamps.  This Abigail Adams paper doll is from "Ten Famous Ladies In American History" published in 1984 by Kay Stamps.  I don't know if this book is still available but it combines two of my favorites, paper dolls and history.

Howdy! GINNY Playing Cowgirl.

1984.  An original paper doll by Johana Gast Anderton.  GINNY Doll as a paper doll.  GINNY is ready for the trail riders in this nifty cowgirl ensemble.  This paper doll has three other fun outfits.  From my mom's collection of original paper dolls by Johana Gast Anderton.

Paper Doll Furniture

1984.  Morgan, Inc.  Published by Rand McNally & Company.  Fun furniture for your paper dolls from "MANDY Paper Dolls".

A Rabbit . . . and a Chick . . . and PUDDIN Paper Dolls.

1984.  Morgan, Inc.  Published by Rand McNally & Company.  PUDDIN  PAPER DOLLS.  These Puddin Paper Dolls are ready for Easter with rabbits and chicks.

Time For COWBOYS - Huggs and Cuddles, Teddy Bear Paper Dolls

 1984.  HUGGS & CUDDLES Teddy Bear Paper Dolls, Troubador Press, San Francisco.  Miss Cuddles Bear is celebrating GO TEXAN Day.

 Huggs Bear is also celebrating GO TEXAN Day with his snazzy cowboy outfit.

Great BALLET Paper Dolls

 1984.  Great BALLET Paper Dolls  To Color and Cut Out by Nancie Swanberg, Troubador Press, San Francisco.  The book has a ballerina and a male ballet dancer with fifteen costumes each.  Here is the male dancer with two of his costumes.

 Kostchei the Wizard in "The Firebird".    The Firebird, a ballet in three scenes.  Choreography by Michel Fokine.  Music by Igor Stravinsky.  The Firebird is based on a Russian folk tale.  While hunting in the woods, Prince Ivan captures the Firebird, but releases her for one of her magic feathers.  Later the prince falls in love with a princess imprisoned in a wizard's enchanted garden.  The wizard tries to kill the Prince.  Ivan's magic feather brings forth the Firebird who kills the evil wizard, setting free the princess.

The Champion Roper in "Rodeo".  RODEO, a ballet in two scenes.  Choreography by Agnes de Mille.  Music by Aaron Copeland.  RODEO is a turn-of-the-century tale about a tomboy cowgirl who wants to be "one of the boys" and at the same time has a crush on the Head Wrangler.  She fails miserably both in her attempts to be a cowboy and in her efforts to attract the wrangler.  At a dance, in a show of great bravado, she wins the love of the extrovert Champion Roper.
 
It's time for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.  The cowboys are heading to Houston and they will camp in Memorial Park.  It is always fun to see all the cowboys and cowgirls, pretty horses and wagons, making their way through the streets of Houston.

An OLYMPIC Coloring Contest

January 28, 1984.  Go For The Gold!  An OLYMPIC coloring contest for the 1984 Winter Games.  Remember to pray for the safety of the athletes, spectators and residents during the Games in Russia.

A Cat Paper Doll by Kay Stamps

1984.  Here is TABBY, a cute cat paper doll by paper doll artist KAY STAMPS.  My mom used to subscribe to the OPDAG newsletter and she would purchase paper dolls from several of the artists that advertised their work in the newsletter.  TABBY likes to have PUNKY DUNK stories read to her.

CLEOPATRA the Paper Doll

1984.  Great Women Paper Dolls from Bellerophon Books.

From the Mind of BEATRIX POTTER

1984.  Cut & Assemble a PETER RABBIT Toy Theater, Anna Pomaska, Dover Publications, Inc.

BEATRIX POTTER from Bellerophon

1984.  Beatrix Potter paper doll from "Great Women Paper Dolls" from Bellerophon Books.  Some of my very favorite paper doll books and coloring books are from Bellerophon.

Where Have You Hidden the EASTER Eggs?

April 18, 1984.  "I'll never tell," laughs the rabbit.  An EASTER coloring contest from a Canadian newspaper.