How To Make Paper Chain Dolls

How To Make Paper Chain Dolls

When you were a child, at some point you probably learned how to make paper chain dolls.  It’s one of those activities that just about all of us have done, but have long since forgotten.  Well, keep in mind that little kids do it, so RE-learning how to make paper chain dolls shouldn’t be difficult for you as a grown-up.

First, select some paper.  For this lesson on how to make paper chain dolls, the type of paper isn’t really important, other than it’s thickness.  It needs to be substantial enough not to fall apart or easily tear as you work with it, but not so thick that you cannot fold it several times.  It needs to be able to hold a fold, as you’ll be making several.

Start by folding the paper in half (length-wise).  In how to make paper chain dolls, the biggest mistake people just learning make is to fold vertically and horizontally.  You want to always fold in the same direction.  Keep folding the paper until it is about 3-4 inches wide.

Now, draw a doll’s shape on the paper.  The key in how to make paper chain dolls is to make sure that you draw the doll shape so that two (or more) parts of it are right up against the edge of the fold.  This is so the chain will be connected once you’re done cutting.  Most people use the hands and feet as the connecting points.

The final step in how to make paper chain dolls is to cut around the doll shape you’ve drawn, being careful not to cut the doll parts you’ve chosen to be the chain’s connecting points along the fold.  Unfold the paper and voila – a nice string of paper chain dolls!  See?  Kid stuff.