How to Interest Children in Pictures

"A room hung with pictures is a room hung with thoughts." Reynolds.

"Children On The Beach" by Mary Cassatt
may be printed for a doll's bedroom or a 
Doll Art Gallery.

       The lack of youthful training can never be fully made up in after years. In manners, speech, and taste we see this inexorable law illustrated in the lives of hundreds of people about us. The child who hears his native language murdered in his own home will never escape from that malign influence if he live to take a Ph. D. in philology. Girls and boys brought up on trashy reading can never by dint of the most devoted study of after life develop the same sensitive literary perceptions as the more favored children of cultured homes. Children surrounded by sentimental or meretricious pictures come to maturer years heavily handicapped in their susceptibility to noble art. If the young mind is fed only on the best in books and pictures it will by and by turn naturally to the good and reject the inferior. The taste cultivated in the impressionable years becomes as sensitive to esthetic impressions as a delicately-adjusted instrument to atmospheric conditions. Realizing the force of this argument, ambitious parents are eager to surround their children with the best art influences. But while the theory is obvious enough, its practical application in matters of art is much more difficult than in the matter of literature. Unfortunately the knowledge of good art is much less widespread than that of good literature, so that the desirable material is not so available. Many who are perfectly competent to select reading matter for a child are utterly at a loss in choosing pictures. In many a home where only the best books are found, the selection of pictures is execrable. I remember very well the family amusement when my small brother came home from grammar school in a state of incredulous amazement that a certain playmate had never heard of Raphael. The youngster soon learned that there were many others in the same deplorable ignorance - and this in families whose culture was not questioned. People willing to spend money freely on books are often very stingy in their purchase of pictures. Anything is good enough to cover a bare space on the wall! As well say anything is good enough to fill a vacant place on a book-shelf. Far worse, indeed, because the picture forces itself on the attention willy-nilly, while a book may be left unread.  by Estelle M. Hurll 

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Learning to walk scrapbooking page

Description of scrapbook page: Busy little parents have quite a challenge teaching their dolls how to walk! It's a clever photo opportunity for their own mom and dad to snap pics of this event for their child's scrapbook. (helping hands, baby walks)

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Naps scrapbook page

Description of scrapbook page: Your little friends love to take naps so wrap them up properly and tuck them into their very own beds and cradles. Take a few charming, restful pictures and paste them into this scrapbook page for your collection. (bed, toys, sleepy baby, text baby blocks "Naps")

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Potty training scrapbook page

Description of scrapbook page: Dolls potty train in moments, thank goodness. But you can include photos of a variety of small triumphs your doll makes under the management of an excellent doll parent. (teddy bear, bunny slippers, toilet paper, potty training chair)

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Good habits scrapbook page

Description of scrapbook page: This little girl is reaching for a toothbrush in a cup over her sink. It's important to teach both children and dolls to keep their teeth clean. What are some other good habits you could photograph your dolls representing on the page below? (chair, reach, sink, bathroom, toothbrush, chair)

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First pets scrapbook page

Description of scrapbook page: Every little child would love to learn how to care for a pet. Your doll can have his or her own stuffed animal as a pet too. Color this baby reaching for her pet toy and also playing with her real dog. Then include a photograph below of your doll's pet friends on this scrapbook page below the illustration. (baby block letters, "First Pets", mother, high chair, bib, dog, stuffed rabbit)

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First doctor's visit scrapbook page

Description of scrapbook page: Below you can see a picture of baby having his or her temperature taken. Above include a picture you have taken of your baby doll's first doctor's visit as well. (thermometer, lap, knees, medical)

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Eating habits scrapbook page

Description of scrapbook page: Have you been teaching your doll's manners at their dinner table or high chair? Take pictures of their progress, messy or clean, and include them on this scrapbook page for your collection of memories. (eating, baby, bib, glass, milk, plate, fist)

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Bringing baby home scrapbook page

Description of scrapbook page: Did your mother or father give you a special doll to take care of all by yourself? You can celebrate this gift by including a picture of your doll below this scrapbook page depicting a father, nurse and new baby in the hospital.

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Hugs and kisses scrapbook page

 Description of scrapbook page: Color this mother and her babies giving hugs for comfort. You can take a picture of yourself comforting, hugging and kissing your baby dolls to paste above this picture. (baby blocks, crying time, comfort time, brothers, mother)

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Bath time scrapbook page

Description of scrapbook page: It's time to give your baby doll a bath. Color this "Bath Time" scrapbooking page. Take a picture of your clean baby doll and print, cut and paste it below the illustration to include in your baby doll's scrapbook. (Mamma, baby, bath, towel, soap, water)

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The "Baby's Layette" scrapbook page

Description of scrapbook page: Color this baby peeping through the collar of his shirt. Include pictures of your doll's baby clothes above this fun "Baby Layette" scrapbook page.

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