entertainment

how to make a corn doll

It is the end of Summer, handmade corn doll seems
like the perfect keepsake from the season.
Here are the instructions how to make one.

Items needed:

fresh corn stalks
corn "hair"
cotton
strong tread
scissors
markers

Start making the head and the torso.
Take a few (3-4) stalks and place them vertically,
than take some corn "hair" and put it across the stalks .

Fold the stalks in half, and tie them well
with some tread around the neck area.

Take a lump of cotton and stuff it between the stalks
right below the neck, tie it with another piece of tread at waist.
The hair tie into a pony tail on the top of the head.

To make arms cut evenly two stalks,
roll them into a tube and tie on each end.

Push the tube through the middle of the the torso.
Keep the cotton in place.

To make the skirt wrap the figurine
with additional corn stalks and tie it up the waste.
Fold the upper part of the stocks down
and cut them evenly with the scissors.

Paint the happy face on your doll with markers.
Take some corn grains and make a necklace for her.