Ethnic Doll Craft Project

We need the round wood (for head), color jute sack (here with red color), jute rope, small batik cloth or other ethnic motive cloth, eye bead, varnish, dried flower, color thread (here use the purple color), a small triangle stem for the nose and of course, glue.

In this craft project, we use the contrast color for combination and create the quite dark skin beside the ethnic motive cloth to produce the ethnic trace.

So, now let start to make the doll. It is easy. Take the round wood for the head and stick it above the other quite long stem for the body. The soft surface of the wood can be varnished so it has darker color. Then take the motive cloth that has the square shape. Twist it to the top of the head and then fold to the back of the head, so it form a hat like a nurse. Oh yes, I forget to tell that this cloth uses the starch solution to make it quite stiff. Then put the purple thread along the hat edge (see picture). Dont forget to put a little hair at the left and right of the doll’s head. The hairs are made from the blue color of jute.

Then wrap the body with the dress made from red color jute sack that dried. Fold it to the back using the glue and stick some dried flower at the front. Then tie the neck of the doll using the jute rope with some bundle.

Now, the ethnic doll craft project has been done.