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Rag Doll Coloring Pages

by Leanne Guenther
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Rag dolls are about as simple as toys get: some cloth, some stuffing and a face. They're soft all the way through, so little kids can carry them around by one arm and take them to bed. Sock monkeys are close cousins, so they're here too.

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Rag Dolls

coloring page of a sitting rag doll with big bows and a heart on her dress
a rag doll with bows
coloring page of a standing rag doll with stitched patches and a pointed hat
a patchwork rag doll
detailed coloring page of a sitting rag doll with plaid bows and yarn hair
a rag doll in plaid
detailed coloring page of a rag doll in a knit hat with a pom-pom and a polka dot dress
a rag doll in a knit hat
detailed coloring page of a standing rag doll with big bows and a heart on her dress
a rag doll with a heart
detailed coloring page of a stuffed rag doll with round ears and a knit hat with a bow
a rag doll in a bow hat
detailed coloring page of a rag doll in a knit hat holding a pumpkin
a rag doll with a pumpkin

 

Sock Monkeys

A sock monkey is made from an ordinary pair of socks, and the mouth is the heel. Most of the classic ones used grey socks with a red heel, so the red heel became the big grin.

coloring page of a sock monkey sitting up with a curly tail
Sock monkey
detailed coloring page of a sock monkey with button eyes and a stitched muzzle
Detailed sock monkey

 

A Little Rag Doll History

Rag dolls are some of the oldest toys around. Archaeologists have found stuffed cloth dolls from Roman times in Egypt, so kids have been hugging something like them for nearly 2,000 years. For most of that time there weren't any toy shops, so families made dolls at home from scraps and worn-out clothes. A rag doll cost almost nothing and it could take a lot of squeezing, which made it easy to pass down.

Plenty of people still make them the old way. The body is cut from cotton or flannel, sewn up and stuffed with something soft like cotton or wool, and the hair is usually yarn. Faces are often stitched on instead of using buttons, since buttons can come off. Even the clothes get made by hand, right down to a tiny knit hat with a pom-pom. Some traditional dolls skip the face altogether, and Amish rag dolls have been made that way for generations.

 

Raggedy Ann and Andy

raggedy dolls coloring page
the Raggedy dolls
The story goes that Raggedy Ann began as an old rag doll with no face that a little girl found in the attic. Her father, an artist, drew one on and made up stories about her, and those stories turned into books...

Raggedy Ann and Andy coloring pages