How to make a doll with your own hands from wire, fabric and socks - step by step master classes for beginners (59 photos)
The history of the development of the doll is inextricably linked to the development of human society. In ancient times dolls had ritual purpose, they were mastered from wood, molded from clay, made from scraps of cloth and dried herbs. Some ritual dolls have survived to this day. For example, amulets-motanki, oiled dolls or voodoo dolls, which earned a grim reputation.
Nowadays, dolls are actively used not only as children's toys, but also as an element of interior decoration. Skillfully made handmade dolls are a great option for a gift, and the original growth dolls can make any children's party unforgettable.
Dolls in the author's performance are not cheap, but if you want to make an interesting doll you can do it yourself. It is not necessary to have great experience in the manufacture of such products.
Materials for making dolls
You can make a doll yourself from different materials at hand.
- Traditional cloth dolls in modern execution can be very different from primitive patchwork crafts to unique author's products that will not leave anyone indifferent.
- To entertain a child, you can make a simple doll out of cardboard or paper, familiar to us all from childhood.
- Knitted toys look very original. In their manufacture, as a rule, inexpensive acrylic yarn is used, which has a wide range of colors and very bright colors.
- Interesting souvenir dolls are made of wood, clay and made with different improvised materials.
Start making dolls with your own hands can be the simplest options, and then move on to more complex. This fascinating creative process over time can grow into a permanent hobby and even become a source of good additional income.
Cloth dolls
A huge number of ideas for making dolls with their own hands can be realized with the use of fabric. These can be traditional stuffed dolls for children's games, and souvenir or interior products.
Charms for home
One of the easiest souvenirs to perform is a doll-knitting, serving as a home amulet. In order to make it, you do not need special skills, expensive materials and professional tools.
The knitted doll is not sewn, but tied together with threads, hence its name. It is believed that the amulet will be energetically more powerful if it is made using scraps of clothing that you wore in the happiest moments of your life.
For making such a doll, it is important to prepare all materials in advance, so as not to distract from your work. Masters knitting is important with a positive attitude in a relaxed atmosphere.
Master class for making a doll of knitting
It is necessary to prepare:
- a piece of white fabric,
- a soft filler,
- colored flaps to make the arms, skirt and apron,
- Colored mouliné thread for hair and fastening details.
The size of the doll-chapel depends on the size of the patchwork. Usually they are not very large.
The patchwork is mastered as a gift for the newlyweds for the happiness of family life, for children as a talisman. Knitting for the home is intended to bring prosperity, health and family happiness.
Order of work.
- Place a small amount of filler in the middle of a white flap and wrap the resulting doll head with thread. The remaining "tail" will be the body of the crochet.
- Cut out the skirt and gather it around the body of the doll, wrapping it with thread. The same thread is wrapped around the body up to the neck, giving it a nice shape.
- The flap for the arms is folded into an accordion, wrapped for durability with thread and wrap it to the body of the doll crosswise.
- From the thread of mouliné to form a doll hairstyle and tie a shawl on his head.
- Face of the bundle is not made out.
- An additional element, which gives the doll a traditional look, is an apron, which is also tied with thread.
The appearance of the knitted doll can be different. It depends on the imagination of the master, the fabrics used and the purpose of the amulet. The doll, designed to bring wealth and prosperity to the house, is decorated with nuts or seeds. Obereg for good health of all family members supplemented with dried herbs.
Doll made of felt
Funny handicraft made of felt will delight a child and decorate the interior of any home.
To do the work you will need a pattern. It can be drawn yourself or downloaded from the Internet.
To begin with, you can make a simple doll. Its production does not require serious skills and experience.
In order to sew a simple doll of felt, you need to stockpile pieces of felt of different colors according to the conceived version, prepare patterns, stuffing material and a sewing machine.
Work begins with cutting out fabric according to templates. The body of the doll is sewn, stuffed and completed with clothing elements.
The eyes are drawn with black thread or with a marker. An interesting addition to the doll face will be a blush on the cheeks. It can be applied with a cotton swab using cosmetic blush or oil pastels.
Such a doll made of felt even in the simplest version looks very original. Its performance does not require much time and is feasible even for a novice craftsman. Pattern designs and creative ideas can be found on the internet.
Tilda doll
This version of the textile doll appeared not very long ago, but fell in love with the masters of doll-making. Tilda is distinguished from other fabric dolls by its disproportionately elongated limbs. On the face, it is customary to decorate only the eyes and cheeks.
Images and patterns to sew a Tilda doll can easily be found online. There are a huge number of versions of Tilda. You can copy them and bring to life, repeating to the smallest detail version you like, and you can change the finished template according to their creative ideas.
Rostov puppets
This version of the puppets in recent years is very in demand for children's parties, various corporate events, promotions, as well as in theaters.
There are two types of growth puppets.
Frame growth puppets.
In the manufacture of such dolls requires a metal frame for fixing the product. It is important to pay a lot of attention to making a strong frame.
Making the doll itself also requires a lot of attention and diligence. At this size of the product is important every little detail. Therefore it is necessary to think carefully and make a sketch, and then the doll itself, in full accordance with the idea.
Traditionally, the characters from the cartoon "Smeshariki" are made in the form of frame dolls.
Doll-costume .
Rostovaya doll-dress is a very difficult product in the making. The most labor-intensive element in the work is to make the head. It should look as similar to the character as possible and be comfortable to wear. When working on the head, foam rubber is usually used.
A good pattern, the materials used, and the quality of workmanship are of great importance for successful work. It is important to correctly calculate the size of such a costume so that a person will fit inside it.
Very much attention should be paid to the expression of the face or muzzle of the character. It should be kind and evoke only positive emotions.
With some experience and the availability of materials for creativity can make with their own hands a successful growth doll.
Doll made of chenille wire and fabric
If there is no desire to sew the doll, it is not difficult to make it out of wire and fabric.
To work we need a wooden bead-ball to make the head, chenille wire for the body and limbs, thread for wrapping and elements of decoration.
With the help of wire, passed through a hole in the wooden bead, the doll's head is immediately attached to the hair of thread or yarn.
The body, legs and arms of the doll are formed from wire and wrapped with thread. From fabric or lace for the doll is mastered dress.
You can complement the souvenir headdress, fairy wings and other decorative elements.
Make an interesting doll crafts out of wire and thread is not difficult. This work can be easily done by any novice craftsman.
Sock puppet
A popular way to make a doll at home is to make a doll out of socks. Sometimes it's a shame to throw away a good pair of children's socks.
They can quickly be used to make original handmade soft toys that will delight your child and add a touch of comfort to the interior of a child's room.
Master class on sewing a doll out of socks
For work you will need:
- a sock of white or light color,
- A striped or brightly patterned sock or golf,
- stuffing,
- needle,
- thread.
Before you start, you can look at photos of similar works on the Internet in order to decide on the idea of the final design of the doll.
- In a light sock cut the bottom part, turn it out and in the part that is designed for the fingers, draw the two legs of the future doll.
- The legs are cut to the contour, stitched, workpiece turned out and filled with stuffing.
- The neck is isolated, pulling thread workpiece in the right place.
- On the finished body stretched as a dress part of a bright sock of appropriate length.
- From the remainder of the bright sock make a simple hat for a doll, tying it with a thread on one side.
- From the knitting yarn or cord weave two braids and sew them to the head of the craft.
- Dress and hat fixed sweep stitches.
- Embroidered eyes and mouth.
Sock puppet ready.
Making dolls from different materials with their own hands is very exciting and easy process, accessible to everyone. Finished products will delight family members and friends, decorate the interior, and even help supplement the family budget.
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