Although paper dolls have been an affordable toy for children for almost two centuries, America did not enter the paper doll manufacturing arena until the mid-19th century. Prior to the widespread availability of chromolithography printing in …

Children can experience the Victorian world on their level with special kid-friendly tours of the Physick Estate mansion. Children discover popular Victorian Era toys and pastimes during “Kids Day” at the Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, New Jersey.

How pretty this young girl appears wearing a recreation of an 1895 Victorian dress. This charming Victorian dress has been transformed from an original 1895 pattern to be an exact replica of a “Dancing School Dress” for a young girl.

In 1881, Harper’s Bazaar deemed a scrapbook activity as a “never-ending source of delight” for young children. Many Victorian mothers kept a homemade scrapbook, the paste-pot, blunt-pointed scissors, and pictures on hand as a rainy …

What style clothing did upper class boys wear during the late Victorian era? They dressed in three-piece suits in velvet, worsted, or cashmere. See examples from an 1890s color clothing catalog. Find fashions here.

This delightful tea party planning book combines the magic of Alice in Wonderland with the timeless charm of tea – beautifully illustrated and contains many creative party ideas for children and adults alike.

Hand-painting china was a fun and popular craft during the 19th and early 20th centuries. A fashionable project was decorating dishes and drinking mugs for children with nursery rhyme characters or the alphabet. A nineteenth …

The new Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland was filmed in England at a UK National Trust site. The only “real” house that appeared in the film is the Antony House, an 18th century, family-owned mansion …