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paper mache doll made of an old dish water bottle and telephone book and scraps
i saw some years ago the dolls of Julie Arkell in a dutch magazine and felt directly in love of her work.
http://www.earthangelstoys.com/html/julie_arkell_-_paper_mache.html
just take a look on her site!!!
i love dolls and bunnies and recycling, and old vintage looks so i thought when i saw the empty soap bottle this is almost a body of an doll allready.
i must make one of it with just old scraps.
and then this girl was born;-D
thought this will a great gift to make for others when i'm making a tute of it.
time is without drying time!!!
and it was a free project for me because i used only scraps
and recyling materials
hope you like it and try to make one as well;-D
thank you for stopping by;-D
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soizic b. favorited Paperbunny Doll
08 Apr 06:27
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Step 1start with the bottle make it clean you don't have to saok off the labels but it must be just clean to work with.
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Step 2draw with a sharpie the points for the holes for the arms
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Step 3do the same for the legs and make the holes. You can do that with just the point of the scissors
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Step 4measuring the length of the legs and arms of the electrical wire
arm : 30 cm - 12 inches
legs 60 cm or 24 inches.
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Step 5Turn off the lid of the bottle ,and push the legs in to it and then throught the holes out of the bottle.
Push the arms in one hole of the bottle towards the other hole and your done.;-D
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Step 6Make of clots of paper the head and wrapped it with tape to fix them on the bottle . Do the same on the front and backside of the head.
folding of some new pages of the telephone book the ears.
and tape them . The head may bigger then the rest it 's will make the doll just prettier and cuter;-D -
Step 7do the same with the body make a nice well shaped belly and on the backside a nice bottom;-D Just over do it to have a fun look. It won't be a barby.LOL and it doesn't have to go to the weigth watchers.LOL
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Step 8now the fun messy part.
Use big strokes with you dept in the pva glue and covering upt the body to make the body parts nice and smoothly and strong when it's dried up.
You need to let this dry for 24 hours or.... set her in front of the heating when it's allready on, otherwise don't be smart think green;-D -
Step 9okay time to give her covered up arms just a small layer to make her funny.
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Step 10and do the same with the legs an dthe feets and just let it dry as well.
and give the doll some thick layer of wood glue to make her stronger. -
Step 11now give her a nice skin colour and of course the skin can have many other colours t hen i have used i had this colour all ready. and i was just a lazy gril . be creative.LOL
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Step 12choose a colour for the clothting parts.
you don't have paint the whole doll because we will glue the rest of the body part just with fabric scraps. -
Step 13glue with woodglue the hat part of the doll and the shoes and the skirt.
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Step 14draw on the paint of the face with fineliner sharpies and some marker the face of the doll.
hummm i had painted the eyes later on away to give her some glue nice paper flowers as eyes. -
Step 15pimp the doll more and more with ribbons and chenille wire and fake gems , just have fun with it.
Later on i have painted some more details on the hat and shoes as well
go on, use your own creativity and just have fun;-D
when you like her look i think you're done.!!!!!
yeaaah anjoy her looks or give her away of course you can give her some friends like a bunny dog or just a bf.;-Dhey thank you for stopping by , i love to see your creations and love your fave and your comments;-D
This bunny doll (or kid in a bunny costume) has just the perfect color combination... I wonder if I can find scraps with so lovely colors to replicate your doll. :0
Keep up the good work my dear friend.