Grace Drayton was well known for being the artist and illustrator of the Campbell’s Soup Kids and Dolly Dingle paper dolls.  These paper dolls are from Pictorial Review, August, 1922.  Click the images to enlarge, and I have also put them on a pdf if you would like to print them for your child to cut out and play with.

DollyDingleFriends (pdf download link)

Cat and Dog

Adapted from Children’s Occupations, 1920

Instructions for Making a Cardboard Doll House and Furniture Read more »

Here is an activity that little girls might enjoy. It may encourage their imaginations and make-believe skills. Have them make a dollhouse scrapbook. Read more »

Here are some homemade learning games to make and play with your children.  They include math, spelling, and 13 colonies social studies game. Read more »

I have a beautiful old Montgomery Ward catalog from 1920. As I looked through the section of dolls, I actually learned quite a bit.

Just like anything else, the quality of the dolls varied according to the price of the dolls. The cheapest doll I found was 32 cents! The top of the line, most expensive was a whopping $6.48! Of course that was quite a bit back then. Read more »

Adapted from Woman’s World, March, 1921

The chief decoration of this bedroom is supplied by a most unusual cretonne on whose white background garlands of flowers in yellow, purple and rose are twined around ribbon-like stripes of a delicate green-blue, and festoons of narrower ribbon are caught up with nosegays at intervals. Read more »

Here are some children’s party games that are a lot of fun. They are from “What Shall We Do Now?” published in 1922. Read more »

Putting Time and Energy in the Bank of Domestic Economy
Woman’s World, March 1921

Time was when spring and fall days brought with them that dreaded thought – housecleaning. Not only did it mean a period of drudgery for the housewife, but a period of upheaval to the comfort and dispositions of the family as well. It meant a tearing up of carpets, a tearing down of draperies, a scattering of long hidden germs. It meant puddles of soapy water, and disagreeable odors from crude, strong cleaning fluids. But times have changed, and so have housecleaning methods. Read more »

By Hiram M. Greene, Editor
Woman’s World, March 1921

There isn’t anything in the Bible that has more human interest nor greater religious significance than the betrayal, trial, crucifixion, and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The truth they reveal and the lesson they teach, are what Christians of the world think about and consider at Easter time. Read more »

Children in Garden

By Tarkington Baker
From The Woman’s World, March, 1921

Lawn Repair

As early in March as possible, look to repair of the lawn. If manure was spread over the grass last fall, rake it off. If no manure was used – and its use is seldom advisable since it is almost certain to introduce weed seed – spread some good fertilizer now. As a rule, one pound of fertilizer to the square rod is a sufficient quantity to apply at one time. This quantity, spread thrice, at intervals of ten days, will supply an abundance of plant food for the grass roots to feed on. Read more »