How to Make a Doll Sized Cardboard Loom

The front and back sides of our doll sized, cardboard loom.

       To craft this 18" doll sized loom you will need these supplies: a bobbie pin, cardboard, embroidery floss, twine, yarn, a toothpick, masking tape, decorative paper and white tacky glue.

       Cut a piece of clean cardboard 2 1/2" x3". Wrap twine around the card at least eleven times and use a piece of masking tape to hold the twine firmly in place on the backside of the cardboard loom. Glue a decorative cut scrapbook paper to the backside to hold the twine in place permanently; these are called the warp. 

       Now you are ready to weave the (weft) embroidery floss over and under the warp strands. It is easier for kids to do this project if they have a plastic embroidery needle or a bobbie pin that they can tie the floss onto through the eye. They could get easily frustrated if you have them use their fingers here.

       After you have taken the weave as far as you like, use the last strand to glue and wrap around the blunt end of a toothpick. Then weave it through the warp and glue it in place so that the loom looks like it is still in use. Tack down the woven threads and yarns with tacky glue underneath next to the cardboard.

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