I finally got this together! I am going to apologize first for the crappy photos. It has been horribly cloudy all day and I was working in my badly lit kitchen.
Supplies Needed:
-wooden clothespins
-wooden doll pin stands
-wooden dowel cap with 5/8" hole
-6 in. square of fabric
-small ribbon
-acrylic paint
-paintbrushes
-glue gun
-gloss varnish
-pencil
-small piece of flesh colored pipe cleaner
Steps:
-Draw face shape onto face with pencil.
-Paint face and top of pin in your choice of flesh color. Let dry. Repeat.
-Paint pin stand and pin "legs". Let dry. Repeat.
-Paint hair onto dowel cap. Let dry. Repeat.
-Gloss varnish all parts. Let dry.
-Cut a 5" circle out of fabric. Cut a small hole in the middle and 2 small slits for the arms a bit down from the middle hole.
-Cut a small piece of flesh colored pipe cleaner and gluse to center back of clothespin.
-Slip fabric over the "neck" of the pin. Slip "arms" into slits.
-Tie a small piece of ribbon around the waist and tie in a bow in the center back.
-Glue head on doll and tilt to give it a sweet look.
-Glue doll pin into doll stand.
Some tips and tricks:
-Use tape or paper reinforcements on "legs" to make stripes or polka dots.
-You can leave the arms free or twist them together and glue something into the doll's hand. I used a mushroom in the pic above.
-You can also buy wooden spools and paint them and attach just the heads for fun trim and ribbon holders.
Let me know what you think! Have a great day ya'll!
Those are adorable!!! Come enter my giveaway!!! :D
Posted by: Shealynn Benner | February 24, 2009 at 03:56 PM
So cute! Can't wait to try this!
Posted by: kara | February 24, 2009 at 04:06 PM
Thanks for the great tutorial! I need the pictures like that to figure things out! I was lucky enough to win the cute little cupcake holding doll in your give away. I adore her sooo much. Now I can make her a little friend.
Posted by: Amy S. | February 24, 2009 at 04:44 PM
Thanks for the great tutorial - as soon as I get the supplies, I will try these - they are the cutest ever.
Posted by: Anne | February 24, 2009 at 04:55 PM
These are so adorable, thank you so much for the tutorial!
Posted by: Natalie | February 24, 2009 at 06:47 PM
adorable tutorial... the clothespeg dolly you made me is on my crafting desk and watches over me when I do my crafting.. which I should be doing now but instead I'm reading blogs and looking at famous twitter-ers or whatever.. not adding them jsut looking cause I'm nosey..
Posted by: Apryl | February 25, 2009 at 03:56 AM
Thanks so much for the tute! Can you tell me where to find the stands though?
Posted by: Selina | February 25, 2009 at 06:03 AM
No way! This is the cutest thing EVER! I just love the dress, the face, everything! I have got to link to this!
Posted by: Rachel | February 25, 2009 at 04:11 PM
OMG!! So cute! and so easy. I'm going to have to get the supplies so my daughter and I can make some!
Posted by: Tiff@Three Peas | February 26, 2009 at 01:21 PM
Gosh, these are so sweet. I love the little skirts.
Posted by: elenka | February 26, 2009 at 07:38 PM
She is so sweet. Thank you for this tutorial. Found you through oneprettything.com
Posted by: simone | February 27, 2009 at 09:31 AM
These are amazingly cute - thank you so much for the tutorial!
Posted by: geek+nerd | February 28, 2009 at 09:26 AM
I love those dolls and cant wait to make some with my kids...I gave you a shout out on my blog...to be posted tonight!
Posted by: nicole | February 28, 2009 at 07:15 PM
Very cute - I have some doll pins to use, too. I finally got around to attempting a peg doll, so hopefully I'm past my reluctance at actually painting the wood. It takes me a while to build up courage...
Posted by: UK lass in US | March 03, 2009 at 08:06 PM
Really, really cute - thanks for the tutorial!!!!
Posted by: Jess Satnick | March 09, 2009 at 08:21 AM
love this! soooooooooooooooo cute! THANKS!
Posted by: jaya | March 12, 2009 at 05:03 PM
Adorable! Will have to try these with my girls. :-)
Lisa (flickr lmdesign7)
Posted by: Lisa | March 13, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Thank you for the tutorial. I can't wait to make some of these.
Posted by: Kiki | March 14, 2009 at 08:15 AM
Cute and easy to make, what could be more perfect!
Posted by: urban craft | April 16, 2009 at 06:21 PM
You make such pretty little ladies! So Adorable! Thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Bette | April 17, 2009 at 12:32 PM
Your dolls are crazy cute! Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Jen | April 22, 2009 at 02:43 PM
These are so sweet. I want to make my daughter a little portable fabric dolls house, and these would be perfect to live in it. Thanks!
Posted by: Stacey | April 26, 2009 at 05:35 AM
Thank you so much for the idea. My daughter (5) and I just made a set and called them "The Princess Collection." You can go to my blog to see them here: http://yellowballoondays.blogspot.com/2009/05/ooops-forgot-bows.html
and
http://yellowballoondays.blogspot.com/2009/05/princess-collection-homemade-dolls.html
Thanks again! We had so much fun.
Posted by: Dorothea | May 09, 2009 at 04:01 PM
Hi!
Today I posted an entry on my blog with a link to this tutorial.
Would you let me know if that's OK?
Thanks,
Nancy Ward
http://paperfriendly.blogspot.com
Posted by: Nancy Ward | May 21, 2009 at 09:47 PM
How sweet! I'm looking forward to trying this!
Posted by: Laura | May 28, 2009 at 06:56 AM