Good Morning Readers! Welcome to our 2nd day in our fabulous Blogger Competition. Aren’t these the best?!? I love seeing how super creative these lovely blogger ladies pull together incredible projects from a surprise box full of yummy supplies and goodies from The Ribbon Retreat! I am totally impressed with their innovative projects and how creative these ladies are! Last week we saw a gorgeous Patriotic Hoop Art project by Bev at Flamingo Toes and today we get to see some super fun Wooden Spoon Dolls from Kim at seven thirty three blog…seriously…wooden dolls? So cute, so simple, and so perfect for this time of year! Get ready to be amazed ladies and gents!
Just to recap, next Tuesday I will post our last competing project and then the follow Tuesday, June 28th, YOU get to vote for your favorite project and help us crown our 4th Blogger Competition Champion! So awesome, right?!? The winner’s fate lies in your hands! LOL!
Before I introduce you to these super fun and festive wooden dolls, here are the supplies our 3 competitors were sent in their surprise box.
Now that we are all recapped on this great competition, have a blast learning how to make these Easy DIY Patriotic Wooden Dolls with the lovely and super talented Kim from seven thirty three. These fun dolls are super easy to make, and your little kiddos are going to LOVE them! Enjoy!
Hi everyone! My name is Kim and I blog over at seven thirty three, a creative blog full of kid’s crafts, free printables and so much more! I am so excited to be part of the Ribbon Retreat’s Blogger Competition. I’m going to be honest and let you all know that I had already had an idea in mind for my project, so when I received my box of Red, White and Blue goodies I sort of scratched my head because I wasn’t sure I would be able to make them work. But I’m not one to give up easily and I LOVE the end result: adorable Patriotic Wooden Spoon Dolls! And if my 7 year old is any indication, kids will love these as well. She put on several plays the night I made these and continued to play with them by herself for a solid hour.
These pint sized dolls are easy and inexpensive to make and today I’m going to show you how I did it!
SUPPLIES:
Tulle
2″ wide Lace Ribbon
Assorted Ribbons
Markers
Embroidery Thread
Wooden Spoons
Hot Glue
DIRECTIONS:
First, draw some legs and shoes with a marker onto the backside of your spoon. Draw on a face and hair as well.
To make the skirt, cut four 2″x2″ pieces of tulle and place in a pile.
Cut a 2″ piece of lace ribbon.
Place the pile of tulle on top of the ribbon and cut a small slit in the center of all 5 layers.
Slide the spoon through the slit.
Hot glue the skirt into place, bunching as you adhere it to the spoon so as to mimic a skirt.
Using ribbon, create a shirt by gluing it around the spoon.
Feel free to add an adorable belt with a smaller piece of coordinating ribbon!
Lastly, add on some hair using embroidery floss. I simply hot glued it to the back of the dolls head to secure it in place.
Aren’t these just the sweetest? I promise that you’re little one is going to have tons of fun playing with these miniature dolls!
Thank you Kim! Seriously…so fun! I have a little one that would LOVE a whole gob of these adorable little “pint sized” dolls! They are really, really creative and I can’t wait to make some for my girlee! What mama doesn’t love a fun project to make and one that keeps the kiddos busy and using their imagination for hours on end? Thank you again Kim! You are so talented and innovative, and I am so glad you are participating in this fun competition! For tons more incredible projects like this one, make sure to visit Kim at seven thirty three.
I just love fun little projects like these wooden dolls. They are so cute and one the kiddos are going to LOVE playing with and even creating on their own. Here are a few more fabulous kid friendly projects that they will love creating and playing with!
Are ready to make some super great projects that are kid inspired and kid adored? All of the above projects are wonderful mommy and kiddo projects that can be made together for some bonding time and hours and hours of fun! To get all of the supplies needed to create these projects and more, make sure to visit The Ribbon Retreat where you can get all of your crafty supplies, like ribbon, tulle, burlap, buttons, flowers and so much more all in one convenient place! You can find The Ribbon Retreat and all of our goodies HERE!
Happy Creating & Happy Kiddo Inspired Projects!
