The guide to making Grumbi Dolls

Grumbi Guideby Pauline Ng

Hello from the Grumbiguide. This magazine willteach you how to makedolls just like me out of materials you can find around the house. have lots of fun.Love Grumbi. xoxoxo

Hello doll,lets playand have

somefun

Colour me in time

Colour me in and drawmy eyes, nose and

mouth in. xxx

Grumbi explores the house. He looks around the kitchen to see what he can find.

He finds old dusters and old tea towels all over the kitchen floor ..................

and finds lots and lots and lotsof buttons, all different coloursand all different shapes and sizes.

Suddenly Grumbi has a wonderfulidea. I see things being wasted allthe time and this is making me sad.I think it’s time to make some newfriends. I need the help of the children

Grumbi is curious and discovers a bin, Mmmmm that’s interesting he thinks and takes a look inside the bin.

I have a great idea, would youlike to help make some friendsfor me. I’ll help you along theway. We can use old dusters old tea towels and any odd buttons we can find.

Cutting and sewing along the way, having fun.

and start to draw on the materials Grumbi had found for them.

And so the children began to help ..............

He was so happy that he thankedall the children for helping him.Grumbi was no longer lonely ashe had lots of friends to playwith.

THE END. .

Grumbi ended up with lots and lots of friends that the children help to make

Things you will needOK some tips foryou to help youon your way.

Materials and tools that you will need.You can of course use different materials to what I have shown here.It just depends what you have lying around your house.

Dusters Pens ThreadI have seen old Find a pen that will draw Use sewing dusters that can on your material. thread to sew thebe reused. body patterns together and the Scissors button eyes on.Tea Towels You’ll need a pair Use old tea of scissor to cut through Sewing Needletowels to make your material. You’ll need this to my eye mask or jacket with. stitch and sew the Old clothes There are always oddCheck for any buttons - spare buttons old bits of clothing lying around. Use these for you can use for eyes.material.

Buttons the buttons on.

OK what’s next?

The next step ismaking patterns.

Draw your pattern onto your chosen material. You’ll need a front and a back.

Cut around the pattern Save the material as shownin grey to chop up and use as stuffing for the doll.

Sew the front and the backpieces together. I like doingbutterfly stitches by wrappingthe thread around the needleas I pull it through.

But stick to normal stitching if you prefer. And do not stitch around all the doll. Leave a small gap so you can stuff your doll before you finish all the sewing up.

Now the finishing touches.Sew the buttons in place forthe eyes and a couple of stitches for the mouth.

and sewing.

PatternsI’m going to start by making the eyemask and jackets from the tea towels.

sew a button here

make a slithere, this is to fasten the eye mask around the dolls eyes.

make two more slits here to push the eyes through

back of jacket

left side front of jacket

right side front of jacket

sew these pieces to theback of the jacket and attach

a button where you want.Don’t forget to make a slitto fit the button through.

Have a go at makingyour own patterns.

Remember you’ll need two of these, one for the front and one for

the back.

Make a hole here,this is where you

can hold your story book

Here’s where you canmake me a story bookfor me to carry with me

and share with my friends.

Write your story along these pages and then fold in half to make a book. Punch two holes at the top and thread some string through it and tie around my hand for me to carry

around and for me to be able to swap stories with my friends. Use as many pages as you need.

Goodbye and see you all soon.T

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