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Yarn Dolls

In the book Esperanza Rising it talks about yarn dolls that they made for the girls who couldn't afford real dolls.  They had instructions for how to make them at the end of the book and Molly was so excited to make one.  So we found some thread and away we went. We had just enough to make one for each girl and they love them.  They are really pretty simple to make and come together rather quickly.  You can braid the bottom into "legs" as well but my girls all wanted their dolls to have "dresses."

Molly decided that she wanted to draw a face and hair on the doll and convinced the other girls that they needed to do the same.


Nora is always the mother, and has carried her doll around like a baby with her where ever she goes.


Yes, Emy lost her's about 5 minutes after we finished it and have been devastated ever since, but hey we had fun while it lasted!


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