Halloween Craft: Yarn Dolls

I thought it would be fun to add some crafts to the blog, so here is an easy and fun little project. They're called yarn dolls and you can make them in any color of yarn you wish. Obviously I did mine for Halloween. All you need is yarn and a hard object to wrap the yarn around. I used a cassette tape (which is about 6 inches long); a small hard cover books works great as well. And it can be any size so you can tailor how big you want your yarn dolly to be. So lets get started!

Firstly wrap the yarn around your object. I used two different colors of yarn to get this look. Wrap the yarn around about 50 times (I did it only 25 times since I had two strands of yarn). For a smaller doll wrap the yarn around fewer times. Unless you want a squat, little dolly!

Slide the yarn off and slip a piece of yarn through the loop and knot it at the top. Don't cut these strings!

 Now tie a head. You want this to be closer to the top. Cut all the looped strings at the bottom.

 Next make a waist a bit below the head. Pull a string loose from each side for arms and trim them shorter. I'm lazy, but you can use several strings for arms and tie them together.

 And your dolly is complete! To make a boy, divide the skirt into two parts and tie the bottoms. The strings on top of the head I told you not to cut is where you can add hair if you wish. Just place the yarn over the head and knot it on top. Now you can trim those strings.

These  are the 3 dolls I made. The one is the middle I made smaller using the shorter length of the cassette tape.

Alrighty everyone, time to get creative! Have fun!