Thursday, May 23, 2013

Mommy And Daughter Bonding By Creating Handmade Rag Dolls

By Elnora McCullough


It is such a great thing to know that every little girl would never grow their fancy for handmade rag dolls. Despite all the toys available at the disposal of children, it is still good to know that there are these toys they can keep. Should their parents also feel the need to unleash the child in them, they can make these together. It would be a perfect activity for parents and children.

Making personalized ones would be a really great idea. It would take scrap clothes, yarn, thread and stuffing to make these. Mothers should guide their children. They can use a doll template which are readily available in crafts shop. They can also use their imagination when creating these.

With the template, one could start by cutting the fabric. They can use it for the body. They just have to follow the dotted lines of the template as a guide for cutting. They can use many of the cut outs if they wish to make many pieces. What is important is that the fabric would be easy to cut especially for children.

It would be good to start with the stitching after the cutting. The mothers can volunteer to do this. They may hand sew it while others may prefer to use a sewing machine. This is a more feasible thing to do especially if they want to secure the sewn parts. The thread would be fairly sewn into the fabric and would not loosen up easily. They may snip excess fabric after that is done.

They can make the head, hands and feet with the use of polyester batting. They should make a star shape and roll more of this until they come up with the size that fits the body. Using the chopsticks they can start rolling and make sure that the features are firm and secure.

The batting would be tied to more fabric that are the same color as the one used for the body. They can just tie the ball using some yarn of thread. They can stitch the bottom opening to make sure the batting would not be removed later on.

There are plenty of materials that are used for stuffing. The body could use some batting just like the other parts. There are times however when people would use cotton or other fluffy options. The important thing is that it is firm and the other parts would be securely sewn in it.

The fun part would be in making the hair and features. The hair should be made of yarn. Others would go for the very simple and neat look while others want to be more creative. One side of the yarn should be sewn. Others would use the glue gun to secure the other pieces of yarn.

The face could just be drawn using some coloring materials that kids have. Others choose to stitch them though. There are also available face features in many crafts store. The options are endless. And one just have to take a look. The handmade rag dolls are ready for playing with clothes are added. There are plenty of style options that could be used for this.




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