Final Project: Recollection of Objects: A Biographical Toy

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          For the final project, I started out not having any ideas of what I wanted to make. I took some time to just sit and think about what my favorite toys were in my childhood. I kept coming back to all my dolls. I always played with different dolls; Barbies, Polly Pockets, regular baby dolls, and more. I was always a girly girl and dolls were my thing. Once I figured out how big a part of my childhood dolls were, I decided to make a doll. I couldn't decide what type of doll to make, so I researched some different dolls and loved the idea of making a rag doll. I used to have this rag doll when I was about 4 years old and I carried around all the time, so I figured it would be perfect for me to make one. I looked around a remembered that I had a fabric sample book that I could use to make the dolls body and head. I ended up using hot glue to put the dolls together because my sewing stuff is at home. Even with using hot glue to construct the doll, I think it came out pretty decent. Then I needed something to stuff my doll with so I started looking around. I was thinking, paper, fabric, plastic bags or tissue paper. I tried a couple and didn't like them too much so I found some tissue paper and thought it would e good to stuff the doll with. I filled the doll enough and then needed something for her hair. I had no idea what to use and looked around for a bit until I saw a bag I had from a store. The bag had handles made with pink ribbons, so I untied the ribbons and twisted and glued them on my doll to make some pigtail braids as her hair. Lastly, I needed something to make a simple face. I tried a couple things I found around, but I didn't like the look, so I used a sharpie to draw on the simple face features to make a cute rag doll complete.
         The doll I made may not look like the doll I had growing up, but it definitely brings back some memories. Dolls were definitely a big part of my life as a little girl and this project helped me remember that. I love how my little rag doll came out and maybe I could give it to my new baby cousin that will be born in November. I think this final project ended up being a good one, that brought back many great childhood memories.