Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Five Fun Freebies from Fantastic Toys

This is the sweetest set of paper toys. It would make a great activity for a rainy day or when the kids are getting a little bored. The shapes are fairly simple to cut out so even the younger children can give it a try.

I have designed two new toys to go with my original set. The Gnomie Paper Doll has got to be my favorite. While she wears a nightie for bedtime she also has three additional outfits to wear. One outfit is for apple picking, another for gardening and a cute little dress she wears while naturing animals.

Also included in the gnome inspired paper toys set is a movable paper puppet, three finger puppets, a hanging mobile and a fun game of gnome bowling.

Only a couple of household materials is required to make the paper toys. Download the set to your home computer and print on 60 lb. cardstock at your convenience. Have Fun!


Materials Required

Cardstock
Scissors
Tape
String
Paper Fasteners
Wooden Ball





Hanging Mobile




Gnomie Paper Doll with three outfits.


Gnome Bowling


33 comments:

jojoebi said...

too cute, thank you! not sure if the kids will get to see them though, it might be a mommy craft when he is in bed :o)

Mollie. said...

Oh, these are just too cute! Thanks so much!

Debra said...

These are adorable! Thanks for sharing! :)

Nia said...

I love the gnome bowling! Absolute genius!!!

Brianna said...

Thank you so much! I think I am going to put my around a lamp shade. Love your work, please release some of your work as patterns!

i cant sew said...

this is all so sweet, they will look good just up on the wall rather than being thumbed by my rat bags.
maybe two sets will be made :)
%*_*% thanks

Jacqui said...

Thanks so much for these cute wee guys! Love them all but the expressions on the bowling gnomes' faces make me smile (even if they aren't).

stephanie said...

thank you for shsring these cuties, my children will love them!

Barbara said...

Thank you! I just made the little doll for my granddaughter!

feinesstoeffchen said...

I´m so in love with them, thank you!
I just blogged about this in my german sewing blog and linked back both to your blogentry and your website - you can see the strange automatic translation here:

funny Translation or german original

Keep up yur amazing work,

Bye, KAti

Dida said...

awww these r amazing....
thanx for sharing.
absolutely adore the hanging mobile one's.
a good idea about those is, once threaded, try laminating it with a very broad and transparent tape. it might save some ware&tear.

dida

Anonymous said...

These are great! Thank you so much for sharing!

Guro said...

Thank you so much! Love them :)

Hexenklexe said...

So Cute!
Thanx a lot for sharing.
Greetings from Germany!

Michelle said...

Thanks for these cute files! I made the bowling set for my kids. I taped the gnomes onto clothespins to help them stand up better and be easier to set up. They worked great for indoor bowling with a tennis ball.

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for sharing these delightful little guys....

I love them!!!!!!

Katherine Marie

alexandra s.m. said...

These are ADORABLE! Thank You so much!!

Early Bird Special said...

They're all oh so adorable! Thank you so much for sharing. <3

xoxo
Amy

Rachel@oneprettything.com said...

AWW! These are so, so, SO sweet! Thanks so much for sharing, I'll be linking.

Sarajessica said...

I just found your adorable blog through CRAFT, thank goodness! ^_^

judean said...

Soooooo cute--thanks!!!

twitchy fingers said...

Thank you for sharing!

a.a.g @ moonlight said...

I found your blog through Craftzine. Auw, these are so cute! We featured it on our blog:
http://homespirations.blogspot.com/2009/09/freebies-by-fantastic-toys.html
We hope you don't mind!

Best, Jujubean and Moonlight

Emily said...

These are darling!! Thanks so much for sharing!

Raquel said...

Very cute, Thanks for sharing!!

Jen said...

okay, i feel silly but i can't download the pdf for the life of me...what am i doing wrong? i tried just clicking & right clicking but no luck...

Deanna's musings, swapsharesaveandsmile said...

Thank you so much for sharing your art with us. These are so cute and will be enjoyed by all.

Fantastic Toys said...

Thanks all for visiting my blog. I really had fun designing this set of paper toys. I'm glad to hear so many of you are enjoying them. Thank you to those who have also included the tips to improve upon my original designs.

The link to the toys will open as a zip drive containing the PDFs. If you do not have the necessary software to open a zip drive you might not be able to download the file. Sorry :(

Geek+Nerd said...

These are adorable - thank you for sharing!

La Lu said...

Soooooo cute!!! Thanks for sharing with all of us.

Schokolaedchen said...

my godness, these gnomes are sooo cute!! thanks for sharing it. just put a link on my blog. i hope it´s ok.

nice greetings
jasmin

Senora Muertos said...

These are absolutely adorable!
Thank you so much for sharing!

Nancy Ward said...

Hi!

I recently posted an entry on my blog with a link to these toys..

Would you let me know if that's OK?

Thanks,

Nancy Ward
http://paperfriendly.blogspot.com