How to make a doll with your own hands.

The world of dolls is so diverse that it is impossible to describe it in a few words. Every day hundreds of factories and workshops produce thousands of beautiful toys. However, all mass-produced goods have one drawback - they are not unique. True connoisseurs of dolls try to find and purchase handmade items. Such a thing is unique, keeps the warmth of the hands of the master and is not cheap. In order for the toy to appear in the house, it is not necessary to buy it: you can make the doll yourself.

Such different and unique dolls

There are many varieties of handmade dolls and techniques for making them. Choosing how to make a doll with your own hands and from what materials is not easy.

It can be sewn, glued, knitted, woven and the like. Various materials are used to make dolls, for example:

  • cloth;
  • socks, gloves and stockings;
  • ribbons and ropes;
  • straw and sticks;
  • paper and cardboard.

You can independently come up with how the doll will look, or take a ready-made idea. There are no barriers to creativity: everything depends only on the imagination of the craftswoman.

Most often, dolls are made of cloth. Below are short descriptions of the most popular toys.

Name of the dollPhotoDescription
Twist dollThis doll is one of the oldest. She was especially popular in Russia. Such toys were in every home. The doll was made from pieces of cloth (less often straw or rope) by twisting, without a needle and scissors. Sometimes threads or ribbons were used. The face was not painted. Today, many varieties of spinning dolls are known: a pillar (on a rod-pillar), a herbalist (with herbs), a grain (with grain), a bereginya (a talisman), a Vepsian (for babies) and others
Doll-primitiveThe second name of this doll is attic. She is a symbol of old forgotten toys. This doll is characterized by a shabby and dusty look, deliberately rough features, and a disproportionate body. The eyes are drawn or made of buttons. Hands and feet are also sewn with buttons. Often, to make the toy look "unkempt", it is impregnated with a solution of coffee. Due to this, the doll acquires a brown color and a pleasant aroma
Waldorf dollThe doll appeared in medieval Europe. Its appearance and proportions are close to human ones. The doll "grows" together with the baby: they make their own toy for every age. The older the child is, the more mature the doll looks. It is made from natural materials. The clothes of the toy are wholly or partially knitted. The doll is soft and pretty, so that the child would be pleased to touch and hug it
Tilda dollModern a doll that appeared in Norway in 1999. She owes her birth to Tony Finnager. The doll looks elongated, with disproportionately long and thin arms and legs. Facial features are drawn conditionally, blush must be applied. The body is usually tanned. To do this, the fabric is dyed with tea or coffee
Nylon dollThese dolls are made from nylon stockings and socks. Nylon is an ideal material for making toys. It allows you to create a doll realistic, with its help you can show the facial expressions and age of the character, any folds and lines of his face and body. In order to give the doll the desired shape, a wire frame is used
Glove dollThe history of the puppet theater goes back several centuries. Its actors are dolls. Every country has its favorite puppet heroes: Pulcinella in Italy, Punchinelle in France, Parsley in Russia, and so on. Today, in the puppet theater, you can most often find puppets on gloves (parsley) and on strings (puppets). The sizes of the "actors" are different: from small, the size of a finger, to huge - in human height

At first it may seem that making a rag doll with your own hands is difficult. But this is not at all the case.

Instruction

The easiest way is to make a spinning doll. The photo shows a diagram of its manufacture. Often, a column twisted from fabric or cardboard is placed at the base of the doll to give the toy rigidity. The doll can be decorated to the taste of the craftswoman, "give" her hair and an original costume.

More complex and painstaking work is the work of making a primitive doll and Tilda. The photo shows a pattern for a primitive pumpkin-headed doll. If the craftswoman has a desire to change the shape of the toy's head, then you can add wedges (you get a ball) or cut out 2 ovals (you get a flat head).

The pattern is easy to remake for Tilda. In this case, the head in the drawing should be one with the neck and body, and the arms and legs should end in semicircles.

The stage of making and attaching hair raises many questions. You can watch a master class on this topic in the video:

Children love puppet theater, you can sew several toys-gloves for them. Simple patterns show how to make a doll for a puppet theater with your own hands.

Sewing dolls yourself is simple and interesting. Unique handmade toys will delight both adults and children.

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