Early paper dolls had printed on clothes. In time, paper dolls were made to have printed underwear on them and multiple layers of interchangeable clothes printed in the latest fashions that held to the dolls with tabs.  Between the 19th and 20th century, paper dolls were used by department stores as fashion advertisement and helped sell clothes and other items such are coffee, flour, chocolate, sewing machines, nail polish, underwear, fabrics, cars, soaps and threads. When comic books started appealing to the female market, paper dolls started appearing in comic books too. Some paper dolls were inspired by comic book characters.  Here are UP Magazine's "Yooper" Dolls created by artist Akayshia Logan.  Download your FREE PAPERDOLL PDFs so that you can play with yours today!

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NOTE:  Paper doll bodies should be printed on a thicker paper if you can; a cardstock or the heaviest paper you can get your printer to print on.  The clothing can be printed on a lighter, standard weight copy paper.  You will even have the ability to design your own!  ENJOY!