Welcome to Week 2 of our Papercraft-a-long. This week we're going 1950s retro-futuristic with science fiction magazines and pictures books on space. These would be great for any doll who love science or history, and would be perfect for Maryellen getting into the space race
We have two copies of Fantastic Universe from 1953 and 1954 (Hi Maryellen), one with a story from Marion Zimmer Bradley and the other with a story from Andre Norton (pen name Andrew North, because everyone knows women don't read or write science fiction.) These magazines have 12 pages of text, enough for one complete story each.
We also have the 'Exploring Space' little Golden Book from 1957 full of facts on rockets and space travel and 'When I go to the Moon' for imagining life on the moon. It's nice to see what people imagined the future would be like. The 'Exploring Space' book is unabridged with 22 pages of text and illustrations. The other book has 14 pages of very nice images with a cute poem. Both of these are replicas of real children's books.
Instruction addendum: Glue pages of book together. Do not follow instructions for making cover. Run a line of white glue down the spine of the block of pages. Wait to dry. Fold cover at lines. Match first and last pages of the block of pages to the inside of the cover. Glue.
Instructions: Follow as written. No adjustments needed.
Now that the Maryellen mini movie is out and is all about space, those books will be the perfect thing to add to her collection!
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