8 Vintage Circus Paper Dolls from Sweden

A clown dressed up like a typical court jester always makes us laugh.

       Here there are eight vintage, mechanical paper dolls drawn and colored by artists from Sweden.(Jumping-Jacks) The theme is about the circus. Characters include: a clown, two ringmasters - one female and one male, two acrobats - a male cowboy and a female ballerina, a drummer, an elephant and a monkey!

• Find more paper crafts depicting circus life at the Crayon Palace
• The Thrifty Scissors also has paper cuts, projects and paper dolls about the old-time circus

An acrobat dressed in a sombrero shows the crowd his amazing horse tricks.

Here is the drummer who leads the circus parade.

An elephant walks on her hind legs to amaze the crowd!

A monkey in clothing and jewels makes the audience laugh.

This woman ringmaster carries a whip to direct animal acts across the wring.

A classic male ringmaster to introduce the acts.

A female acrobat to walk the high wire and do stunts on horseback.