Woolly dolls are something I learned to make, as a child ( a school friend taught me) and I used to make, with my older child minded children.
To make a woolly doll, you will need: wool, thick wool works best, a hardback book ( a ladybird book, is ideal) and scissors..
- After choosing your wool, start by winding it around the widest part of the book, until it is completely covered, don’t pull the wool too tight, or it will be difficult at the next stage.
- 2 Carefully slide the wool off the book, in one piece.
- Make hair, head and waist, by sectioning off areas with wool.
- Now wind more wool, you can use the same colour, or a contrasting one, if you desire, around the narrow part of the same book, to make the arms.
- Slide wool of, as earlier.
- Tie off ends, with pieces of wool, to make hands.
- Carefully slot arms into body section
- Separate and tie off legs and feet.
- You can trim the hair ( and hands and feet) if you wish.Use a larger book, to make a larger doll.
Different colour wool could be used to make dolls for various times of year, for example, a red doll at Christmas time. All that is needed is imagination.I have written more on arts and crafts in an earlier post, titled arts and crafts for kids on a shoestring.As always questions/comments are welcome.Karen - x
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I can remember making these when I was a young girl. Such fun to see a tutorial for them now! 🙂
Made these as a child with my nan and then with my own girls.
Lovely to see things we used to make years ago coming back by means of your blog. Well done!
Oh my goodness, these are a blast from the past! I’d totally forgotten about them, but definitely remember them now. Not sure if I made them with my mum or my grandparents!
I used to love making these when I was in Guides! Thanks for reminding me of them – will have to make with my son when he’s a bit older
These are really cute and look fairly easy too!
That is so cool. Thanks for hosting.
Thank you for sharing 🌟 I have always wanted to know how to make these. #familyfun
Thank you for linking up to #PointShoot 📸
We used to make these – I totally forgot about them!! (I’m OLD!) #PointShoot
I used to love to make these as a kid with my grandmother. I showed it to my daughter ans she said they look like to creepy doll in the movie “Lilo and Stich”….hahah
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awww what a neat idea, something I could actually do. Thanks for sharing, merry christmas X #bloggerclubuk #pointshoot
These look rather fun. I’ve never come across them before. #PointShoot
Returning via #littlemakes These still look like corn dollies to me
I’d forgotten about making these when I was young. Will have to try making them with the grandchildren 🙂
i remember doing these as a child!! such a blast from the past! #dreamteam
Those look really cute and easy for little ones! I’ll give them a try sometime.
Wow, I remember making these for my kids when they were little, so much fun. Your instructions are wonderfully clear.
Well that’s very clever! I love the colours too. I’m not the best at things like that so I doubt my attempt would look much like a doll lol. But you never know. Thanks for joining us at #familyfun and have a lovely Christmas x
This is so awesome, I’ve never seen these before but I’m definitely going to make them with my nieces! Thanks for linking up with #DreamTeam
I made these as a kid too! Memories! Happy holidays to all! #mondaystumble xoxo
we’ve got something very similar attached to our children carrier for hikes. The baby loves it. Thanks for joining us on #adventurecalling
Very cute!! Thanks for joining in at #TriumphantTales