Younger girls (and even the older girls, as well) may enjoy playing with their paper dolls on the fridge — or another magnetic surface — instead of on the table or floor, and not having to worry about keeping the ladies’ dresses on. This works best after laminating the dolls and dresses, as shown in this tutorial.

In this tutorial, we will show you how you can magnetize your paper dolls, using our Daughters of His Story Paper Dolls: Collection Two, featuring Abigail Adams and Sarah Edwards.

What you will need:

• Paper Dolls
• Scissors
• Roll of Magnet

Directions:

1. Collect your supplies and have a clean, flat area to work on. Before you attach the magnets, we recommend laminating them first.

2. Cut a piece of magnet from the roll long enough to span the back of each dress across the shoulders, just beneath . . .

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One great way to prevent any tears or other damage to your paper dolls is to laminate them and their dresses, which both protects and strengthens them for long-term enjoyment.

In this tutorial, we will show you how you can laminate your paper dolls, using our Daughters of His Story Paper Dolls: Collection Two, featuring Abigail Adams and Sarah Edwards.

What you will need:

• Paper Dolls
• Scissors
• Roll of Laminate

Directions:

1. Collect your supplies and have a clean, flat area to work on.

2. Roughly cut out the paper dolls and their dresses. Cut out enough sections of laminate for the front and back of each . . .

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Girls, I would strongly urge you to keep a journal and write in it often. A place where you can write down what you are learning, how God is shaping your character, and the small happenings in your home that make up your life.

Right now you may think your hand-writing is poor, or it is not fun to write paragraphs in one sitting. It is a good and worthy practice to strengthen your hand to write in a feminine and legible way. It will help you form your memories and give agility to your thoughts.

But just think, as you grow, the little bits and pieces you collect in your journal will one day become an invaluable chronicle of your family’s life, and years from now you will be glad that you did.

“Thank God, O women, for the quietude of your home, and that you are queen in it. Men come at eventide to the home; but all day long you are there, beautifying it, sanctifying it, adorning it, blessings it. Better be there than wear a queen’s coronet. Better be there than carry the purse of a princess. It may be a very humble home. There may be no carpet on the floor. There may be no pictures on the wall. There may be no silks in the wardrobe; but, by your faith in God, and your cheerful demeanor, you may garniture that place with more splendor than the upholsterer’s hand ever kindled.” — Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, D.D.

“Determine never to be idle. No person will have occasion to complain of the want of time who never loses any. It is wonderful how much may be done if we are always doing.” — Thomas Jefferson, 1787

When I meet godly women or read about them in history, I want to be like them. I see Jesus shining through their loving, selfless servant’s hearts and they inspire me. But have you ever thought that these women were not always like this?

Becoming more like Jesus takes work. Preparing to be future wives, mothers and homemakers means more than dreaming about “someday”. Can you think of some ways that you can be more like Jesus right now by serving your family?

Develop the eyes of your heart to see the little things around you that can be done to help your family and make your home a more pleasant place.