How to make a doll with your own hands

The abundance of various toys in stores has led to the fact that folk crafts have been forgotten. In the old days, every girl was a happy owner of a self-made doll. For its production straw was used, scraps and wooden chocks. Barbie can be bought in every store, and a rag "miracle" can only be sewn by yourself. If you want to please your daughter with this hand-crafted article, you should know how to make a doll at home.

Let's look at several manufacturing options using different materials.

How to make a doll of threads

We need a yarn of any color, patches and beads for the eyes. We take a strip of cardboard width of 15 centimeters. We wind the threads on it in even rows. We pass under the yarn one thread along the edge of the cardboard and, gathering all the rows, we tie it in a knot. Cut the yarn along the bottom edge of the cardboard. Then we clean it. We gather the cut yarn into a bundle. At a distance of 3 centimeters from the top we tie a string and get the head of our doll.

We take a small amount of yarn from two sides, we braid into braids and tighten them on the end with a thread. They will play the role of the doll's handles. The rest of the yarn is collected in a bundle and at a distance of 5 centimeters from the head we pull it with a thread. We get the body. The lower part of the yarn can be divided into two parts, making the legs, or fluff and leave in the form of a skirt. We sew beads instead of eyes, and we embroider mouth with threads. From shreds we sew for a doll of a handkerchief, a sarafan and an apron.

How to make a doll made of cloth

For this model, you need a variety of scraps, sintepon or cotton wool for packing, hair yarn and beads for the eyes. We make a pattern of dolls on paper. A large circle is required for the head. The body is made in the form of a rectangle. And we draw hands and feet at once with feet and palms. We cut out all the billets from the skin color fabric . The detail of the head is sewn with a thread along the edge, we put in the middle a piece of sintepon and we tighten the thread, fixing with a few stitches. Get the ball of the right size. Sew on it eye-beads, hair from yarn and embroider or draw a nose and mouth. The head of the doll is ready.

Fold the details of hands and feet in pairs in pairs. We sew them, turn them out and stuff them with sintepon. We connect the details of the trunk, leaving the slots for the hands and feet, after which we fill it with sintepon. Sew our ready head to it. Sew our arms and legs. From different colored patches sew for the doll beautiful clothes.

Very popular toys that have bent pens and legs, and the head can rotate or tilt. The process of making them at home is quite complex and requires good artistic skills and great patience. How to make a hinged doll in a simplified scheme?

For this we need a ready-made Barbie doll made of plastic, plastic glue and a special gun to it, ready hooks for hinges, a thin rubber band, a mass for hand-made articles. We disassemble the doll into separate parts. On each of them we make markings. Carefully cut the parts into parts. Fill each part with hot plastic glue and insert ready hooks on each side. We are waiting for its full freezing. From the ornamental plastic mass we make hinges, pierce them with the help of a thin knitting needle and bake in the oven at a temperature of 90-120 degrees to complete hardening. We connect the details of the doll with a thin rubber band, fixing it by the hooks and passing through the hinges. Our product is ready. It remains only to sew new beautiful clothes, and you can play.

If you think how to make a doll with your own hands, then you can choose any method that suits you. It will depend on your skills and availability of supplies. Attract to the process of making your baby, and it will turn into an exciting game. Before you make a doll, discuss with the child what he wants to get. Together, select the scraps and draw a sketch. Making any crafts is very exciting. It is possible that sewing dolls will be your favorite occupation. And your friends and relatives will be happy to receive one of the models as a gift.