The girls latest obsession is the creation of paper dolls - it is literally a paper doll factory at the Remington residence. What started out with Ingrid creating a few Sailor Moon paper dolls with popsicle stick arms for reinforcement has grown into full-scale production depending on what has their interest.
Like a good big sister, Ingrid had to create a second batch to match hers so Ida could join in with all the paper doll games and tea parties. But now that Ida has her confidence built up through encouragement and several reams of practice paper she has joined the design and fabrication team. The kitchen table has been converted into an assembly line full of crayons, pens, markers, colored pencils, scotch tape, paper, cardboard and busy little fingers.
After thorough training and lengthy hours at the kitchen table I have been promoted to the final and most crucial end of the production line: the cutting room. This Henry Ford style of paper doll fabrication comes down to me and my skill with the scissors. If it doesn't get cut properly the girls are the first to notice and sometimes I have forgotten accessories that were supposed to go with the character being freed from its crayon lined template.
The development stages of the paper dolls are the most intriguing to me. What will they think of next? After chatting with the girls before they left on a Christmas trip to Grandma and Grandpa's in Pleasant Garden, Ida was inspired to make paper dolls of every family member and pet that she knew. There wasn't anyone missed: Grandpa Sonny, Mimi, Courtney, Jay, Sidney, Traci, Grape, there was even one of me with a crayon beard that had a realistic representation of the morning scraggle.
Its Monday now and the paper doll factory has moved to Traci's and I'll be getting a couple of days off from production. I wonder who we'll be creating this weekend?
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