Cut-out Dolls Puppies and Kittens with their Clothes and Playthings was published by Whitman in 1939. It features Mopsie the kitten, Flopsie the puppy, Trixie the kitten and Pixie the puppy. This is a large format paper doll book measuring 16½" by 10". This allows the dolls to be 6-8" tall and a good size for small hands.
Mopsie and Flopsie are on the front cover...
with Trixie and Pixie on the back cover.
The first page in this book of paper dolls features a snowman with a hat, a cane,a pipe and buttons to dress him and also a sled since there is snow! There is also a "Fido in the Box" to fold and play with, a wagon to pull and a boat with gun turrets. For Trixie there is a ball of yarn, a necklace and a bone. I think the bone must be meant for Pixie, the pup! Pixie also has an old shoe, his favorite plaything.
In the middle of the book are two pages of clothes for the pups and kits that cover everything from swim trunks to playing in the snow to costumes for dress up play. Each outfit has an explanation of how and where the costume can be worn.
The last page in the book features toys for playing at the lake or the beach....including a sail boat, an inner tube and a rubber horse to ride the waves, and of course a pail and shovel to dig in the sand.
Paper dolls in the 1930s and 1940s were so creative for boys and girls, and also an inexpensive toy to buy during the depression years leading into the war years.
