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Dive into the wonderful and creative world of doll arts and crafts with this easy-to-follow activity book packed with over 50 projects and a dozen patterns. Using inexpensive, everyday, even recycled materials, youll make clever paper dolls, simple folk art dolls, soft cuddle pals, or 18-inch felt dolls, as well as cute and easy doll clothing, accessories, and basic houses. Clear instructions and illustrations guide you as you learn to: make and paint a cloth doll, recycle and refresh an old doll; make simple, silly dolls from spoons, yarn, sticks, and more; make a dollhouse you can fold up and tuck under your bed; and much more!
Along the way youll learn fascinating doll facts and history, such as dolls roles in various cultures and religions, the history of action figures, and the tradition behind scarecrows. Fun for younger girls and boys to explore with a caregiver or older kids to work through alone, Doll Crafts belongs in any craft-loving kids home or classroom.
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Copyright 2018 by Laurie Carlson
All rights reserved
Published by Chicago Review Press Incorporated
814 North Franklin Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
ISBN 978-1-61373-778-1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Carlson, Laurie M., 1952 author.
Title: Doll crafts : a kids guide to making simple dolls, clothing, accessories, and houses / Laurie Carlson.
Description: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press Incorporated, [2018] | Audience: Age 7+.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017013441 (print) | LCCN 2017025868 (ebook) | ISBN 9781613737798 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781613737811 (epub) | ISBN 9781613737804 (kindle) | ISBN 9781613737781 (trade paper)
Subjects: LCSH: DollmakingJuvenile literature. | Doll clothesPatternsJuvenile literature. | DollhousesJuvenile literature.
Classification: LCC TT175 (ebook) | LCC TT175 .C315 2017 (print) | DDC 745.592/21dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017013441
Cover and interior design: Sarah Olson
Cover illustrations: Jim Spence
Interior illustrations: Lindsey Cleworth Schauer
Printed in the United States of America
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D olls have always been a part of peoples lives. Before they were mass produced in factories, every doll was made by hand, and every doll was unique. Most dolls were created especially for a certain person.
Childhood dolls are special, and even when you are older, you will probably remember your special doll. Thats because dollsespecially if they were handmadeare unique among toys and possessions. They can be like friends to us, and its fun to imagine other worlds while playing with dolls. The feeling that you get sharing the world with a doll can be hard to explain to others; it just makes you feel good. Dolls may be simple, delightful, or mysterious. Like you and me, every handmade doll is unique.
As you begin to make dolls, youll join the ranks of other doll makers over the centuries who have used skill and imagination and whatever materials were available to make their dolls. Welcome to the group! Make a few simple dolls to get started, and then develop skills and use personal touches to create one-of-a-kind pieces of art. Give dolls as gifts to people you like, and teach friends how to make them, too. You can never have too many dolls! If you do get carried away, start your own doll collection or even a doll museum, where you can share your interest with everyone.
Youll see that sometimes the directions refer to the good, wrong, or right side of your material or fabric. That doesnt mean one side is better or worse, and it doesnt refer to the right side as opposed to the left side. Those terms just refer to the side of the fabric that you eventually want showing (the good or right side) and the side that wont be showing (the wrong side) on your finished doll. Happy doll crafting!
Dolls represent humans, and through much of history they were not toys but served important purposes. Dolls were made as good luck charms or talismans. In northern Europe, a kitchen witch doll was thought to bring good luck to the house. In ancient Japan, dolls were kept on fishing ships so that if a dangerous storm threatened, fishermen could throw the doll overboard, hoping to ensure the safety of human lives on the boat. Native Americans and Europeans made small dolls they buried in the soil to ensure good crops. Healers believed dolls could take pain and disease from someones body into the doll, as a cure.
Every doll maker needs a collection of tools and materials. You dont have to buy a lot of stuff, though. Start with what you have at home. Find a small old suitcase, lunch box, or cardboard box with a lid. Fill it with tools and small supplies, including:
- Hand-sewing needles and pins
- Pincushion
- Scissors
- Sewing thread: black, white, and flesh tones. Start with these basic colors, and add more colors to match projects.
- Embroidery thread in a variety of colors
- Fine-tip permanent markers: black, brown, orange, and pink
- Design book: any type of notebook or sketchbook
- Colored pencils for creating designs and patterns
- Buttons, beads, and other trimmings: your toolbox is a great place to store all those loose items so you know where to find them when you need them.
Devote a second box to doll materials. Materials will vary from project to project, but youll need to start gathering a variety so you have plenty of options when youre ready to begin making dolls. For doll clothing, choose lightweight fabrics with small-scale prints to match the dolls size. Avoid fabrics that unravel easily, or the clothing will look messy and could fall apart. Below are some ideas for starting your collection of materials.
- Felt pieces in several colors
- A selection of fasteners, such as small buttons, sew-on snaps, tiny buckles, and pieces of Velcro fastener tape
- Socks in a variety of colors and sizes. These will be handy for making sock dolls as well as clothing for other dolls. Sport socks, wool socks, and nylon stockings will all be useful.
- Discarded clothing, curtains, towels, and other fabric scraps. Any fabrics that can be saved and repurposed belong in your doll makers treasure trove.
- Other odds and ends: empty thread spools, flexible wire, wooden spoons, colorful paper, ribbons, discarded jewelry, and almost anything else. Whatever you gather can be used eventually.
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