We introduced the Nutcracker to Cici and Nini by showing them the version that stars Home Alone's star Macaulay Caulkin. They had already seen him in the Home Alone movie and loved it! They watched for him throughout the ballet and I know that's what started their interest. Then we purchased the Nutcracker Prince a cartoon version of the Nutcracker. They've watched it several times since last Christmas and even though it's a bit scary in some parts, they still enjoy it! Now when Christmas comes along this year, we can tell the story to them with the Ttopsy turvy doll and prepare them for seeing it on the real stage!
Check out these other dolls:Dorothy, Little Bo Peep, and Little Red Riding Hood .Wouldn't these be wonderful as baby shower gifts or to tell your favorite story?! What do you think? Have you seen these before?
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A long time ago we owned the Macaulay Caulkin video and my oldest daughter loved it dearly. (She was 2 and she probably watched it 100 times or more. That year my SIL gave me a nutcracker for Christmas, and Xuxu immediately took possession of it. She carried it around like a baby doll, wrapped in a blanket and everything. She would get some looks, and then people would look a second time and you'd see a sudden "realization" come over their faces, and we'd know that they understood!
I'll have to buy a DVD version of it and introduce it to my younger girls this Christmas. I know they'll love it, esp. Mouse who wants to dance ballet more than anything!
You find such cute things! The library mouse and now these! So cute!
They had topsy turvy dolls in the children's hospital when I was 5 and I had to stay there. They were my favorite! Your girls will love them.
Oh I love those--my grandmother had one when I was little, a Red Riding HOod one in fact. I'd forgotten all about it until this!
michelle, i used to have a doll like that!!! it was goldilocks and the baby bear:D i have seen several others, but i don't think they were made by the same company... mine would have been made like 35 years ago (tee-hee).
i know cici and nini will totally love it!!!
have a nice evening:)
love,
dani
I've seen them before too. Those are beautiful!
Those are so very cute. Love how happy they make a person feel just looking at them.
I have seen those before in a few specialty toy stores. Whoever first came up with the idea for two dolls in one sure was a creative person.
How neat to stumble across these!
I have one that was mine when I was a child. It's a Swiss Alps girl on one end and an Aunt Jenima on the other. Both ends of the spectrum I guess!
You brought back a memory for me! I had completely forgotten topsy turvy dolls, and you cannot understand how happy I am to see them and have that dusty memory spring back to life. Those are wonderful!
My grandma had little red...fun memories -- The nutcracker set looks darling! They would make wonderful gifts...
I remember those.. I didn't even know they were still around. How fun!
I think I must live under a rock because I've never seen those before. They are really cute, though! I love good finds.
Those are so cute and how great that your girls are at such a fun age for them.
I have seen them before, years ago. Michelle they are darling!!! I think I would have snatched them up too! :)
I've never seen these dolls, but I can't WAIT to go find the Nutcracker cuties for my girls! They love the Nutcracker. Thanks for the post--these are adorable.
My mother-in-law has a red-ridding-hood/ grandma/wolf doll that her mother made. Fun dolls.
Thanks for the link . . . those are the cutest!
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