Don't We All Love PAPER DOLLS?

In case you are settling into that "there's-one-month-left-of summer-it's-too-hot-to-play-outside-and-my-kids-are-bored!" stage of summer - and you need some "new toys" that cost you nothing but the paper and ink to print them - check out the below websites:

 http://www.simplicity.com

Go to the very bottom right and click on "Patty Reed Designs" for paperdolls.  You will need to subscribe to their free newsletter.  I print all my paper dolls on plain white cardstock (in the office section at Wal-mart), which holds up a little better than plain paper.  You can also cut them out of regular paper and glue them to cardboard.

Also:

http://www.makingfriends.com/f_Friends.htm

http://www.paperdolls.org/

http://www.nativetech.org/games/paperdolls/index.html (these are Native American dolls & clothes)

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/paperdolls/Printable_Paper_Doll.htm  (About.com has wonderful craft, recipe, and educational ideas for all kinds of things)

http://karenswhimsy.com/free-printable-paper-dolls.shtm  (There are a ton of BEAUTIFUL ones on this site.)

http://www.bigideafun.com/penguins/activities/finger_puppets/info.htm  (finger puppets - the boys will like these, too!)

http://www.freekidcrafts.com/finger-puppets.html

Then just Google "paper dolls."  You'll get scads and scads of "Google Images" of pages of paper dolls and clothes you can print off in color or in B&W and let the kids color them.  My girls LOVE paper dolls!  Sometimes I wonder why we buy all these expensive toys and have them laying around to trip over, when the kids can occupy themselves for hours with the ones cut out of paper!!!