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Paper doll

For other uses, see Paper doll (disambiguation).
A girl playing with paper dolls

Paper dolls are figures cut out of paper or thin card, with separate clothes, also made of paper, that are usually held onto the dolls by paper folding tabs.[1] They may be a figure of a person, animal or inanimate object.[2]

Paper dolls have been used for advertising, appeared in magazines and newspapers, and covered a variety of subjects and time periods. Over the years, they have been used to reinforce cultural beliefs regarding the appearance of ideal women.[3]

Some flat plastic figures are similar to paper dolls, like Colorforms figures and Flatsy dolls, but these are imitations and not considered characteristic of the paper doll art form.[4]

  1. ^ "Paper doll". The Free Dictionary By Farlex. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  2. ^ "History of paper dolls". OPDAG. Retrieved 2012-05-19.
  3. ^ "History of Paper Dolls and Popular Culture". National Women's History Museum. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 2018-09-19.
  4. ^ Frederick J. Augustyn (2004). Dictionary of toys and games in American popular culture. Routledge. pp. 80–81. ISBN 9780789015044.

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