The Happy Family Paper Dolls

Published By and When: Whitman, Western Publishing Company, 1978

Licensed By: Mattel, 1977

Sizes: (Hal, the father) 9-1/2 inches, (Hattie, the mother) 9-1/4 inches, (Hon, the baby) 3-1/2 inches, (Grandfather) 9-1/2 inches, and (Grandmother) 9-1/4 inches. The cat and dog are 2 and 2-1/2 inches, respectively. The book measures 10 x 13 inches.

Description: Includes five punch-out paper dolls, one each of Hal, Hattie, Hon, Grandfather, and Grandmother. Additionally, there are two punch-out pets; a cat and a dog. The four pages of punch-out fashions include brightly colored 1970s fashions for each family member.

Other: The front of the Happy Family Paper Dolls book is numbered 1978 and priced at 79 cents. The Happy Family paper dolls are one-dimensional versions of the three-dimensional Happy Family dolls released in 1974.

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