Personal magnetic paper dolls and accessories

Abstract

Personal magnetic paper dolls and accessories for a child's imaginative play prepared from personal photographic images of a child, parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, pets, personal toys, clothing, accessories, houses, rooms within houses, furniture, vacation trip images and other items from a child's familiar surroundings applied to the adhesive surface of a magnetic sheet material, cutting out the images with the magnetic backing for placement on a metallic surface such as a refrigerator or other appliances, or on the wall of a room painted with magnetic paint. The method of creating the paper dolls and accessories allows for the participation of children with parents and other family members providing hours of quality time together. The personal paper dolls and accessories created from personal photographic images can be preserved as a family keepsake of styles and trends that can be passed on through generations.

1 . Personal magnetic paper dolls and accessories comprising:
 a plurality of personal paper dolls and accessories;   said plurality of personal paper dolls and accessories prepared from cut-outs of personal photographic images;   said cut-outs of personal photographic images prepared by applying said personal photographic images to adhesive surface of magnetic sheet material;   said cut-outs of personal paper dolls and accessories prepared with magnetic sheet material capable of attaching to at least one metallic surface.   
   
   
       2 . The personal magnetic paper dolls and accessories of  claim 1 , wherein the cut-outs of photographic images are of the child, siblings, parents, grandparents, relatives, friends, pets, personal toys, clothing, family, grandparent, relative, friend's houses and rooms within houses, vacation trips, and the like. 
   
   
       3 . The personal magnetic paper dolls and accessories of  claim 1 , wherein the magnetic sheet material is a commercial product. 
   
   
       4 . The personal magnetic paper dolls and accessories of  claim 1 , wherein the metallic surface is a refrigerator door, dishwasher door, washing machine door or other metallic surface in the kitchen or other rooms in the house. 
   
   
       5 . The personal magnetic paper dolls and accessories of  claim 1 , wherein the metallic surface is a wall painted with magnetic paint. 
   
   
       6 . A method of using personal photographic images for the construction of magnetic paper dolls and accessories for use in a child's imaginative play, said method comprising the steps of:
 taking photographic images of the child in clothing, child's clothes, accessories, child's personal toys, pets, parents, siblings, grandparents, relatives, friends, family house, grandparent house, rooms, vacation trips;   printing said photographic images;   applying said printed photographic images to magnetic sheets with an adhesive surface;   cutting out the child's and other images from the photographic image background to create personal paper dolls and accessories;   storing the personal paper dolls and accessories in a carrying case that the child can carry from room to room or take on a trip.   
   
   
       7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the carrying case for storing the cut-outs of the personal magnetic paper dolls and accessories is made of metal. 
   
   
       8 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the carrying case for storing the cut-outs of the personal paper dolls and accessories is a type of craft box. 
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein children can participate along with parents and other family members in creating the personal paper dolls and accessories providing hours of quality time together. 
   
   
       10 . A system of preserving personal photographic images in the form of personal paper dolls and accessories as a family keepsake of styles and trends that can be passed on through generations.