Clothespin Dolls

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Clothespin Dolls

 Well, here I go making more clothespin dolls. I have made them in the past but just painted to head part of the clothespin. But this time I found big wooden beads with the perfect opening to slip the head of the clothespin in so the head could be bigger!

I have a hard time just making one clothespin doll - I kinda go overboard. I've told you that before. 

These little dolls are so fun to make:

 I hot glued the large wooden bead onto the clothespin head and then painted the                                   entire body and head a flesh color. 

I painted the shoes (stand) and then glued the little clothespin feet into it so the doll can stand up.

Now the fun part starts - I painted little bloomers onto the body and gave it some pink, of course, trim. I could have painted a bodice or a little bra but since these are just young little girls, we just painted bloomers.

Next I moved on to the head. I experienced with some puff paint for try to make the bottom of her hair look a little like a Hitty dolly, but as you can see, it didn't work very welI. It only punched out a little bit. After that dried I drew in pencil how I wanted her hair to look and then painted it. 

The eyes are painted on using the bottom of a small wooden dowel placed into paint and then I added some eye shine. Her little mouth is just two strokes of paint to resemble a heart. Her little check colors was added with a pink colored pencil. You can place the eyes closer together but I like them pretty far apart - love how this makes her look very childlike.

The final touch is to add her little arms. I just cut a pipe cleaner, or to be proper - a chenille stem, to the length I want. I hot glued the center of the pipe cleaner to the center back of the doll and let that dry. Then I take a little pointy nose plyer and curl the tip back where the hand would be. That way there is a little definition of a hand and plus you won't poke yourself with the sharp end of the wire.

Now you have a little clothespin doll!

But she's almost naked. Time for clothes!

 

Pull out the crochet hook and threads and go to town making dresses for my little girls!!

This little girl is my favorite, I think! I do love them all.

Here is another little girl in her crocheted dress and she how on red Mary Janes!

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