DOLL MAKING

Even when family members visit, there is lots of work to do…so Pat, Jane and the ladies from the Spruce land group prepared and taught 14 local women in villa Paraiso how to make dolls. While craft making in not part of our normal routine, sometimes it is a nice change of pace when visiting teams want to initiate their own project. The children have very few toys and just use whatever is available to them. Small stones can be used instead of marbles, a stick and an empty water bottle or cap can strike up a baseball game, or their favorite game of rolling a bicycle tire along the street using a stick with the top of a plastic jug attached to it. This was the inspiration to create and teach how to make dolls for the girls. The women created imaginative characteristics on the each doll by embroidering the faces and braiding the yarn hair with beads. On day 2, they were taught to make 3 hand sewn dresses for each one. The two day craft workshop was a huge success and was enjoyed by all who attended.