1940′s Baby Boom Project; Help and get 10 points(;?
okay, so. im doing an 1940′s project at school and i have to make ten artifacts about Baby Boom. I already have my ten;
Baby Diapers
Baby Carriages
Pacifiers
Clothes
Cradles
Baby Bottles
Toys
Accessories (bonnets, bows, etc.)
Baby Food (we have Gerber now; what did they have back then?! ha)
Cards (like, “It’s A Girl! It’s A Boy!” ‘Expecting..’ or baby showers in the 1940′s)
now, the problem is i have to MAKE these things! It’s going in a display and so the carriage and cradle cant be life sized, but more like a model image.
my question is HOW would you make authentic-looking items, using crafts available at local, convenient places (hobby lobby, micheals, etc.)
if you have any ideas, please help.
thanks:)b
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why cant you just go out and buy them? much easier
Paper machete? That’s all I can think of…
Diapers: Just buy some old cloth ones and cover them in a mix of water and cocoa powder to make them look authentically stained.
Carriages: Try finding a metal food can and cutting to shape, then maybe fold it and spray paint it black. You could do this if the things don’t need to be huge.
For the miniature clothes and toys, bottles, you could almost certainly find stuff for girls in a toy shop, with the dolls. For boys, it could be harder though.
Here’s a link for cards: http://cgi.cafr.ebay.ca/50-VINTAGE-GREETING-CARDS-BIRTHDAY-NEW-BABY-MORE-40-50s_W0QQitemZ160229919431QQihZ006QQcategoryZ35890QQcmdZViewItem
Hope I helped
Buy a cradle and baby bed in a miniture size and then decopage over it. Let it dry then Paint it. That way you are only using the items as a bacis frame but the painting and decorations are authentic.
We had Gerber back then, but also 90% of the mothers breat fed their infants until their teeth begand to come in. The you could feed the mashed potatoes, and other food that you could mush up.
Baby diapers, were cloth,no pampers. When the diaper was soiled it was rinsed and put into da diaper pail which made a load of laundry each day. This was when there were manual washers and to dry them you hung them on a clothsline.
A pacifer can also be made of decopage. Blow up two narrow balloons, leave one straing and wrap the other at the base so it resembles one. The take strips of paper about 2′ wide, dip in a mixture of flour and water to make a paste. Cover the balloons, until you have the results you want, and let dry / then paint the colors you choose.
Baby clothes were very simple dresses for girls and boys when they were infants. Usually with some type of smocking on them. There wer not oneies. At best there would be pj’s that had a pull sting at the bottom to keep the baby warm.
Baby bottles were glass with nipples that had to be sterilized on hot boiling water between use.
Babys wore bonnets, boy or girl. There were no bows in the hair or thos headband bows you see now.
All of these things you can look up on the internet, just enter 1940s era, or baby boomers something along that line.
things are certainly different now, but in days past life was simpler, kinder and sweeter. The pace was slower, and emphasis was put on the family at all costs.
Good luck with your report, Jackie