We are in our second week of Prairie Primer and loving it. There are so many activities and avenues that you can take for learning! I have to keep reminding myself that we are going to be doing this all year and I need to pace myself:) This week, J made a rag doll. (Sorry about the jammies - it was a jammie/sewing day) The project in the Primer was to make a corn husk doll but J truly wanted to make a rag doll.
I found a free pattern online for a rag doll (link below). I have seen several versions, even one made with a tube sock. J choose a muslin for the body and she cut out each piece of the body.
After she sewed the legs together, she stuffed them. Don't stuff too much, though, because it makes them hard to attach to the body.
After much googling, J picked a face for her doll. I drew it and she embroidered it with thread and colored the lips with fabric crayons. Here is her doll without hair.
Here is her doll with a ton of brown yarn hair and a homemade dress. I used all most a skein of brown yarn. You can't tell but the doll has two huge braids. She made this doll completely herself with the exception of sewing the yarn hair. She has also made several dresses all be herself with a pattern that I created for the doll. She loves it so much that she took it to church to show it off:) Go J!
And a special thanks to my mom for making this possible - the sewing machine, the fabric remnants that you sent - thanks mom for helping me foster creativity in my child:) Love you!
Links
Miss Gioia - has the free printable rag doll pattern that we used.
All Crafts - also has a free printable rag doll pattern.
Felt Magnet - has a tutorial on how to make a corn husk doll.
Gift of Curiosity - has another tutorial for a corn husk doll.
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