The Doll Crafters and Young Puppet Masters Art Camp

Sample photos of novelty dolls and puppets from this craft camp for summer fun.

        Our doll/puppet crafter's camp is full of unique and interesting dolls/puppets that young students will enjoy making over the summer break. However, it will take a little time to upload all that I have for this summer camp folks, so please be patient . . .everything is on it's way!

Crafting Novelty Dolls for Summer Fun:

1. How to make egg-carton mermaids - made from recycled materials and patterned scrapbook papers
2. String a soda straw doll - this little doll is made using very simple art supplies
3. Assemble accordion fanfold paper dolls - use origami papers and simple fan-folding technique
4. Craft my envelope babies for fun! - These babies come with templates and also utilize simple envelope folding process.
5. How to make ballerina clothespin dolls - One of many clothespin doll costume designs; if you love making these dancers there are many more thematic clothespin doll designs on our blog to try!
6. Cut a paper-doll-chain to hang in your room - Learn two different folding techniques for this old-fashioned paper doll craft.
7. Make a bead doll necklace - this project combines both beads and buttons...
   
8. How to make an enchanted fairy doll... - These dolls are for outdoor play in the garden of course!
9. DIY a Bead Bottle Lupita - to store your favorite beads for jewelry crafts and to also display small bouquets of flowers...
10. How to craft adorable folk art spoon dolls - These folk dolls have been crafted by children and their parents for over 100 years...
11. Sculpt a clay doll from a pinch pot - using traditional classroom sculpting techniques...
12. Learn to sew an Edith Flack Ackley cloth doll - text and here are the materials you can use to stuff a doll body - This doll is more difficult and requires adult help.
13. Craft your own vintage kerchief dolls... - printable, vintage 1950s ladies
14. DIY a toy soldier candy container - from Thrifty Scissors blog, Fill him with your favorite candies!
15. Learn to sculpt a newsprint African folk doll... - My version of this novelty craft includes a baby in a sling too!
16. Paper dolls for the sewing basket - A great way to organize laces and ribbons in your trim collections.
17. Braid and tie a modern yarn doll... - pom-pom doll head

Cute And Tiny Dolls to Craft or Collect for Your 18'' Dolls:

1. How to sew pillow dolls for 'sweeter than ever' dolly dreams - pillows with personality
2. Make a princess doll themed birthday cake - for your American Girl dolls, My Generation dolls etc... 
3. How to make a Raggedy Ann Doll - free 6'' pattern -
4. How to make a tiny sock monkey for your larger dolls to play with - Traditional sock themed monkeys look so cute hanging from a doll's four-poster bed or rocking in a chair in her bedroom's corner. 
5. Twist and wrap a chenille stem doll - These dolls are only slightly larger than traditional worry dolls. But, they are perfect for your 18'' dolls to dress and play with...
6. Picking tiny baby dolls from resale... - mini doll collections 

How to Sew Traditional Rag Dolls:

1. Sew a simple pew baby for quiet play -
2. Learn to sew an Edith Flack Ackley cloth doll - text and here are the materials you can use to stuff a doll body

Craft Miniature Dollhouses: coming soon.

Make Miniature Puppets and Puppet Theaters for 18'' Dolls:

1. Punch and Judy Paper Theater - printable

Puppet Crafts and Collections for Drama/Theater:

1. Make my caterpillar stick puppet . . .
   
2. Pinocchio the puppet by Hi Sibley
3. How to make a paper monkey stick puppet...
   
4. My latex rubber hand puppet from the 1990s
5. Cut and Color a Scarecrow Finger Puppet
6. Sesame Street Workshop Puppets
7. Color printable paper ballerina finger puppets for toy theaters
8. The origins of ''jumping jacks'' - plus links to free jumping jack printables

Just Talking About ''Doll Play'' and/or ''Puppet Play'' for Educators:

• Master puppeteer Hopey Ford's magical creations inspire children & adults alike
  
• Boys and Doll Play: Why Every Boy Should Have a Doll
• Puppet play: how it helps child development
• Why Aren't There More Dolls for Boys?
• Ricky & Doris: An Unconventional Friendship in New York City With Puppets
• A Craftman's Legacy: The Puppet Maker
• The Becorns: little people photographed interacting with nature by David M. Bird and How to assemble your own nut and seed dolls from Art Education Daily

Recommended Books for Kids:

Stanley cover, first edition.

The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers by Mary Norton - Mary Norton, was an English writer of children's books. She is best known for The Borrowers series of low fantasy novels (1952 to 1982), which is named after its first book and, in turn, the tiny people who live secretly in the midst of contemporary human civilization. Read more about her 'Borrower books'...

The Borrower Films at YouTube:

1. The Original Borrows Film from 1973 - Watch for free from The Film Detective here
2. The Remastered Series ''The Borrowers from 1992 - All episodes here 
3. The Borrowers Film starring John Goodman, 1997 - trailer and behind the scenes here
4. The Borrowers staring Eccleston and Wood, 2011 - Pod's Adventure on British T.V. and behind the scenes here