Curated OER
Bottle Dolls/Figurative Sculpture
Young scholars use water bottles with sand in them (to give stability) They add heads made of crumpled newspaper with masking tape. They paper mache the entire figure and make them into people or animals. Students add paint and...
Curated OER
Doll Making
Learners discuss folktales and read Tiger and The Big Wind, listening for animal characters for later discussion. In this language arts lesson, students complete a T chart on characters and make a doll for one either chosen or assigned....
Curated OER
Doll Making: Self Assessment
In this doll making worksheet, learners answer short answer questions to self assess themselves on a doll that they made. Students complete 4 questions.
Curated OER
Interview with Mary B. Billie, Seminole Doll Maker
Students are introduced to the art of Seminole doll making. They view photos of Seminole dolls, listen to an interview with doll maker Mary B. Billie, answer questions about the interview and, using the presented information, create an...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson: A Listening Doll
In this lesson plan, students explore the tradition of Pueblo "Listening dolls" and create their own version of this historical tradition. Also contains a rubric, extensions, and books to use as references.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Create and Play: Apple Annie
Follow along as an aunt teaches a young girl how to make dried apple dolls. Book includes audio narration in 10 additional languages with text in English.
Other
Doll Classes and Craft Classes Online Crafty College
This site offers on-line classes on many different types of doll making. It has close up pictures and a name for each doll. You can view the dolls for free,but must sign up for a class to get full details on how to make it.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Calvin Black
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Calvin Black is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his work with his wife, Ruby Black, in doll making.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Ruby Black
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Ruby Black is described here along with information on her contributions to art through her work with husband Calvin black in doll making procedures.
Other
Doll Making: Find Free Doll Making Patterns
This site provides links to pages that provide free patterns for doll making.