Craft Ideas: Yarn dolls | Art & Craft (Basics) - Class 10 PDF Download

Material Required

• Yarn
• Cardboard scrap (thick, heavy card is best, like what you’d get from a cardboard carton but I have used an old cereal box which is really a bit too flimsy for this purpose)
• Scissors

Direction to be followed

• First wrap your yarn around and around the cardboard scrap. The card should be the length you want your doll to be.
  
• Once you’re happy with the thickness of it slide it off the card.
• Snip ONE end so you have a long bunch of yarn pieces all the same length.
• To make the head, twist the bunch once in the middle and fold in half, then tie tightly with a separate piece of yarn of the same colour.
• Once you have done that you need to divide the bunch into three parts, the two outside parts become the arms, and a thicker bunch on the inside for the waist and legs. Tie two more strands of string around the middle for the waist.
  
• Braid and trim the arms, and if you want your doll to have legs braid some in, or simply give it a tidy-up trim and leave as is for a skirt.
• Voila! Now make some more in different colours and you’ll have a pretty collection of them like we do, but watch out – yarn doll-making can be addictive!