Doll Crafts: A Kid's Guide to Making Simple Dolls, Clothing, Accessories, and Houses
Nov 2017 · Chicago Review Press
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Dolls have a unique place in childhood. They are about play, empathy, and developing communication and socialization skills. Dolls are important symbols to children of what adults value, and handmade dolls convey that the individual is important and that to be unique—less than perfect—is just fine. These concepts guide award-winning children's author Laurie Carlson's Doll Crafts, which opens up the world of doll making to children. The emphasis is on following basic instructions that are clearly illustrated with line drawings in order to help children develop creative, open-ended projects that result in unique dolls and doll play. Using inexpensive, everyday, or even recycled materials, children make clever paper dolls, simple folk art dolls, soft cuddle pals, or 18-inch felt dolls as well as cute and easy doll clothing, accessories, and basic houses. Short, informative sidebars throughout explore dolls in various cultures and religions, relate doll trivia and fun facts, and expand readers' ideas about what constitutes a doll by examining the history of action figures, scarecrows, robots, and more.
About the author
Laurie Carlson is the author of over 20 nonfiction books for children and adults including Knit, Hook, and Spin, Thomas Edison for Kids, More Than Moccasins, Westward Ho, and others. A former professional doll artist, her work was featured in several doll magazines and shows. She currently operates an artisanal yarn store on her farm and speaks to local groups about goats, sheep, and fiber arts. She lives in Dallas, Oregon.
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