The Wood Doll Is The New Paper Doll

I wasn’t all that much into dolls when I was a kid, to tell the truth. I had more fun climbing trees, riding a bike or playing hide and seek with my neighborhood friends. For some reason, though, I was in love with a paper doll that my grandfather gave me as a gift, one day, for no particular reason.

The doll came with lots of paper dresses and accessories. I would dress that doll 20 times and day, pretend play that we went places, and sometimes I simply stared at her in the different outfits she would try on. The downside of paper doll was that, being of paper, it didn’t last very long.


I had a flashback in time this past February at the New York City Toy Fair when I saw this beautifully designed wood dolls that were just like the paper dolls I used to play with but, well, probably sturdier. The All American “Daisy Girls”, by Shure Products, are a set of two dolls with 40 different outfits and accessories to dress them. The dolls have a piece of metal inside of them—that you can’t see at all—and the outfits have rubber magnets behind so that they can hold with no hassle on the doll’s body.

There are two sets of Daisy Girls, the dress-up girls and the ballerinas. One nice detail about them is that, in every set, there are two dolls, which makes it a great toy to play with friends or siblings. The Daisy Girls are beautifully designed, the outfits are super cool, the colors warm and bright, and the price makes a perfect every-occasion gift.

Good thing I have a young daughter –my perfect excuse to enjoy dressing up these lovely dolls.