You all have seen my "Dizzy Lizzy" paper doll before but my senior citizens had not so I decided I should introduce her to them. She is a 12" paper doll, of sorts, made out of corrugated cardboard and popsicle sticks. I pre-cut the cardboard body and head and the fabric strips for covering her legs and arms but the gals did all the rest.
They had to trace and cut out her dress from scrapbook paper using her body as a template. Then they had to glue the fabric around her popsicle stick legs and paper arms. I helped them with her frizzy hair as it needed to be attached with a hot glue gun. (Even I got burned on the darn thing!)
Next we folded some paper to make little pocketbooks for the gals to carry.
They had a lot of fun choosing the colors for the outfits and the pink/orange and blue/green hair. They kept asking me, "What kind of doll is this?" I said maybe it was Phyllis Diller, or possibly a Las Vegas showgirl. I said one thing is certain, she had no fashion sense and wears too much makeup! One lady thought maybe Minnie Pearl, but I can't remember Minnie ever looking this wild. I had made up some little pipe cleaner Yorkshire Terrier dogs for the dolls to carry in their other arm.
I even had a visitor sit in on my class today. This woman said she was from another nursing home and had heard about me and the fun projects that I do and she was interested in seeing if these were some thing she could offer to her seniors. Maybe I'll get to be famous one day!
I think everyone was happy with their finished dolls. When we were done they made them dance around the table and giggled. I told them that now they had a new best friend.
9 comments:
First off the doll is just wonderful and it's terrific that you are teaching these ladies about art and crafts and having fun. what a great time they must be having. Good for you!!
Fun for everyone. We all need to feel creative and to produce something imaginative.
This post makes my heart sing. What a wonderful project. I wish I could have taken it. :) Of course you will be famous. Heck, you already are famous.
Famous in my world, for sure!!
I adore these Lizzie dolls and I'm so glad you took them to your ladies.
The fabulously wild hair,,,,,bright fun colors,,,Such a spot of sunshine in their Wednesdays!
A wonderful thing you do for them, but I expect you get a lot back out of it too.
Super post, Kate!
Love it. What fun. Your imagination is great. I would never know what to do next. And to have someone HEAR about you to come and check out what you are doing is cool. Maybe you should be teaching others HOW to do this. Where DO you get your ideas? Keep up the good work.
Maybe this is the start of a new venture for you Kate? Love your Lizzie!
Your Lizzie is totally adorable. How fun to share with your ladies so they can have fun also.
Thanks all!
To answer Cris, I get ideas from everywhere! I have so many art books and I subscribe to Cloth, Paper, Scissors magazine. I surf the Internet for ideas and try to adapt them so that these ladies can complete the project in our hour. It keeps me hopping but I enjoy it so much.
She is superb. And I can see they are having fun too. This is such a blessing for these old people to have someone like you with them. And I know you get a lot out of it too. Well done, you are an angel.
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