Little Wooden Dolls

This is going to be one busy summer. Between weddings, reunions and visiting family I think we'll be away more than we'll be home. Since late winter I've had an eye and ear open for any sort of idea that I could use to keep my kids entertained on our long car and plane rides.

I saw these little wooden craft, um, "things" at JoAnns. I really don't know what they are, but I thought they'd make a fun new toy.

I planned on making them all girls but my daughter thought since there were four of them there should be a doll to represent each person in our family. I did my best trying to make two of the figures look like boys. I drew on the clothes and face with a pencil. There was a lot of erasing going on until I finally felt satisfied with them.

Painting came next. Kind of silly, but I put it off for a few days because I was scared to death to do it. I didn't want to ruin them. The only brushes I have are a cheep set that I bought when I was a poor college student only because I needed them for an assignment. Good brushes probably would have made it a little easier, but in the end I was pretty happy how they turned out . . . although they're far from perfect.

Here's a side view of the girlies so you can see their cute piggy-tails.

After they were all painted and dry I added a top coat that made them shinny. I still can't decide if I like them better this way . . .

Happy little family . . .

Stay tuned to see the mini doll house that I made for these cute

dolls to live in . . .


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