Art Dolls

I learned about art dolls recently and decided to try making some with the kids today. I gathered a bunch of materials and showed them some Flickr pictures of a lot of different styles and them let them loose. They loved making them!

Our ground rules were

• There were no rules on what the dolls looked like--people, animals, no arms, 8 arms, anything goes.
• They could use any broken objects they could find, items they owned, or craft items that I put in the big bowl for the project. Otherwise they had to ask permission before using stuff.
• They had to finish one doll before making another.

There were basically no rules, though, which was part of the fun. :)

Here are some pictures of a few of the finished creations...

Jack (who is morally opposed to looking normal in a photograph):


Anna:


And Victoria with two of hers:




They had so much fun and are still creating!




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