It is interesting to learn how to make a doll with your own hands. You can make such a toy from yarn, napkins, paper, bottles. You will also learn how to make Aibolit and a clown.
Having familiarized yourself with how to make a doll at home, you will understand that it is not difficult at all. Please your children by creating interesting toys from the materials at hand.
How to make doctor Aibolit with your own hands?
Read together with the children a fascinating book in verses by Korney Chukovsky, where the main character will be Doctor Aibolit. Then you will show the kids how to create this character from threads.
Take:
- cotton wool;
- paper;
- threads;
- hook;
- scissors;
- unnecessary tights or nylon sock;
- self-adhesive eyes.
Take paper and form such a ball out of it. Make a bulge around the nose. Then wrap this blank with cotton wool, after which you need to thread it into the upper cut off part of the sock.
To make Dr. Aibolit further, crochet your hair. To do this, use elongated loops. Now they need to be sewn to the head. Wind some yarn over two fingers, trim off the edges. Now tie in the middle and sew them under your nose.
From white yarn, knit a hat for Dr. Aibolit. Make a cross with the red one. Glue the eyes in place. Just straighten your hair by cutting off the excess with scissors.
Here's how to make a doll at home next. Use knitting needles to knit the white coat of Doctor Aibolit. Perform the bottom with garter stitch. Then make the sleeves. To do this, you can tie them separately, then sew in place. If you wish, sew the sides of the robe first, then loop around the armholes and tie the sleeves. And you will make your hands from pieces of tights. They need to be stuffed with cotton wool and the holes sewn up. Attach these palms to the sleeves.
If you are doing this kind of work with your daughter or granddaughter, then show her how to knit a handbag for the doctor. To do this, you first need to knit a scarf, then dial additional loops at the edge so that a bag is also attached to this belt. Tie, then fold in half and sew on the sides. Embroider a cross using red thread.
Here's how to make Doctor Aibolit. Create different dolls to please the kids. The following master classes will also help this.
How to make a napkin doll at home?
If the child is bored with his toys, it is not necessary to go to the store and buy new ones. After all, you can make a paper doll in 10 minutes. And there are such items in almost every home. Take:
- various colored napkins;
- satin ribbons;
- markers;
- scissors.
First, take a white napkin and roll it up. Then find the middle and twist here. Roll the orange napkin into an accordion, tie it to this resulting torso using a thin satin ribbon.
Then you need to do a hairstyle for the doll. To do this, cut one half of the hair into 3 parts, and do the same with the other. From the resulting blanks, you need to weave two pigtails.
Take a beige napkin again, roll it on the work surface with your hand to make a tourniquet. Wrap it around your upper body. This will create the arms.
Now take a large bright napkin and place it on the front of the doll. Tie a satin ribbon around the waist, turn the skirt back and connect the ends. Draw facial features with a marker, after which you will get such a beautiful napkin doll.
And if you want to make a soaring ballerina, also use this material. Take:
- soft but strong wire;
- light napkins;
- threads;
- pliers;
- PVA glue;
- threads.
First, make the base of the doll out of the wire. To do this, fold this material in half, twist it at the top, leaving a small loop near the fold line, which will become the head. Attach another wire in the shoulder area, folded in half. Twist it. Get 2 hands.
Tear light-colored paper napkins into strips. Glue them to the base with PVA, covering it completely.
Now we need to make a skirt for the ballerina. To do this, take a napkin, you need to fold it, cut off the corner to make a round bottom edge. Make a small hole in the waist area to put this skirt on the doll. Secure this part of the garment with threads. Also attach a piece of napkin to the top of the doll to create a blouse for her. You can make skirts very lush by using not one, but several napkins.
Imagine with your daughter, because you can add hair from threads to the doll, draw facial features.
Then you can play with such new dolls, give them to your girlfriends.
How to make a paper doll with your own hands?
To make such a doll, take:
- thick colored paper;
- chenille wire;
- scissors;
- colour pencils;
- eyes for toys;
- wooden stick.
Place a sheet of paper in front of you and fold it accordion lengthwise. In the upper third, tie a chenille wire so that it simultaneously becomes the doll's neck and arms. Have the child cut out a circle from paper of a different color and glue two eyes for toys here.
And here's how to make a paper doll so that it looks like a Japanese woman. By the way, such dolls are very popular in this country. There is even a holiday in honor of them called Hina. It is celebrated in early March. To make this Chiogami doll, take:
- thin cardboard;
- three-layer variegated napkins;
- glue stick;
- scissors;
- multi-colored paper.
Place a sheet of white paper in front of you, draw two circles with a diameter of 3 cm on it. From this material, create a strip measuring 1 by 10 cm and a rectangle 15 by 8 cm.
Cut a small piece from a thin strip, glue a circle on it on one side, and fasten the second circle on the other side. This will be the head and neck. Glue the remaining strip perpendicularly and attach it to the rectangle. So fix your head on your body. Then put this blank on a napkin, start swaddling the doll.
This is done this way. First fold the napkin to the right and left, then fold the kimono to the right. At the waist, attach a strip of napkin to make a belt. To create the sleeves, cut a 15 x 9 cm rectangle from the napkin and fold it 3 times. Tie in the middle. Glue this blank on the back of your kimono. Get sleeves.
And here's how to make a paper doll so that it is voluminous. This can be achieved due to the fur skirt. First, you will need to cut blanks for the body, arms, head, hair. This shouldn't be a problem. You will glue the doll's hairstyle on her head, draw features on her face.
And to make a skirt, you need to cut out several circles, fold each in half and glue them together in halves.
Then connect half of the first and last circles. While the glue is still not completely dry, thread the bottom of the body into the upper part of the skirt and thus secure this garment to the doll.
If you need to make a toy to decorate the Christmas tree or just to amuse your child, then watch the next master class. He will help make a clown out of cardboard. Teach such needlework to your son or daughter.
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How to make a clown at home with your own hands?
To make such a clown, take:
- cardboard;
- scissors;
- glue stick;
- Scotch;
- colored paper.
See what parts need to be cut. By repeating this list, you can make these elements for the clown.
You will also need to cut out a colored shirt for the clown. Now start collecting this doll. First, glue 2 halves of the shirt on the body blank, attach the sleeves, palms and rings. Then glue pants and shoes here.
Glue the clown smile, nose, red wig and cap onto the face blank.
Decorate the toy's clothes with a collar, attach your head here. Then paint over the face of this character.
Here's how to make a doll at home next. Now cut out two circles from paper of different colors, with scissors, first make one, then from each one another spiral.
Attach these blanks to the rings. When you hang this toy on a tree or on a wall, the spirals will hang beautifully.
Doll templates will help you make such a toy.
If you need a more durable toy, then make it from textiles.
How to sew a doll from fabric with your own hands?
These are the characters that could be. First, get acquainted with the general principles of manufacturing. A textile doll pattern is necessary if you want to create a character with certain proportions.
Such a cute toy will turn out if you redraw the presented pattern. This template consists of arms, legs, head and torso details. See how to position this pattern on the fabric.
You can see how many of which parts need to be cut. Then lay them on a flesh-colored canvas, cut out with seam allowances. How to sew a doll from fabric is shown in the following master class. This is how you get this wonderful heroine.
But first you have to work hard. The pattern of the doll demonstrates which parts in what quantity need to be cut.
Then you need to sew paired parts by connecting them. But leave gaps, through which you then stuff the doll with cotton. In the same way, you will create the head of this character. Then you will need to draw the facial features. Now it remains to make clothes for the doll. To create such a fluffy skirt, cut rectangles from 4 types of fabrics. A beautiful fringe or other frill can be sewn onto the bottom. Gather these rectangles with an elastic band, and then sew them together.
Sew the created blouse to this skirt to make a dress. You can sew clothes for the doll if you like. The set will be complemented by a hat, a scarf that you create with your own hands. You can also sew pantaloons, boots, tights and a toy for the doll.
Dolls from plastic bottles at home
Create and original characters. Then you can use empty containers, make toys from improvised means. Make these characters for children of different ages. For babies, you can recommend making these rattles.
These toys are suitable for very young children. You will need to take small bottles, place beads or dry peas inside, and put on pre-sewn animal-shaped covers on top. Children will rattle with toys and enjoy the sounds they make.
Such dolls from plastic bottles are suitable for children from zero to one year old. If the children are from one to three years old, then you can sew such a baby doll.
It is also based on a plastic bottle. You will need to use her as a body. You will wrap a piece of cloth around this item and fill it with filler to make the doll softer. And from a small bottle you can make a nipple for this baby. Sew a cloth over it as well.
If the child is already 3 years old, then the next doll will do. These hilarious characters are designed for kids ages 3 to 5.
First you will need to knit outfits for this family. As you can see, you just need to tie the bottles. There is another option, this is to wrap this container with multi-colored threads, gluing them. Add ruffles and braid here. To make faces, simply insert wooden spoons into the neck of the bottles and glue them here. Then draw facial features on the spoons and glue the threads as hair.
For children from 3 to 7 years old, you can advise to create real princesses.
You will also take an empty container, then you will need to sew fabric here as a dress, as well as the head and other elements of the character. Make your arms out of soft wire. Take beads as eyes.
If you need to make a gift for an adult or for an older child, you can advise creating such an interesting box on the basis of the bottle.
To do this, you will need a Barbie doll or similar. You can take the broken one. Create an outfit for her, as well as for the bottom of the bottle. You will fasten the top of the bottle under the skirt of this heroine. Insert a zip fastener so you can close the box. At the same time, clothes for dolls can be very diverse, for example, this one.
You can use dairy bottles for such crafts. Wrap this container with threads, you can knit a hat, beret on a cork, make hair out of threads. Glue the facial features cut out of colored paper, and you will have such a funny trio.
Here's how to make a doll at home. Above was presented a master class that will help you make such a toy from napkins. Watch a video tutorial that clearly demonstrates this work.
And how to make a doll from a glass bottle, another video will show.
