A doll is born!

What did we need: a draft of a doll's body and clothes flax in red, blue and white to make clothes thread in blue, white and red to sew

flannel for a doll's body shawings of wood to fill the doll a cotton lace to decorate the apron

We decided to make a doll, worn in a traditional Kaszubyan costume. We first watched the power point presentation Polish costume a primary school from Poland has sent us. We also talked about the different colours of embroideries and about the specific colours Kaszubyan costume is made of. Then we began to work. We discussed about the word 'eco‘ - what does it mean, what is an 'ecomaterial', why do we use it and thereby decided to make a doll out of the following materials: - thread in blue, white and red to sew - flax - flannel - cotton - shawings of wood

Shopping First we went shopping. There was a lot to buy but we have to thank the joineries in Polskava and Jurovski Dol which provided us with shawings we needed to fill our dolls. As the traditional polish costume is a combination of red, white and blue, we bought flax in these colours. A cotton lace was needed to decorate the dolls' aprons or shirts. Instead of the golden thread we used a golden ball- pen and wool for the doll's hair. After all the components were bought, we were ready to begin with our first task. Ready, steady, goooooooo!

A blueprint Pupils cut out a shape of a doll's body out of flannel. They sewn a girls body at the edges. We warned pupils not to sew a part under the doll's armpit so they could later fill the doll with shawings. copying the body, cutting it out and sewing

Filling with shawings After pupils had finished sewing the doll's body, they filled the doll with shavings. When finished, pupils sewn the part under the doll's armpit. ‘Men in action’

Hair sewing Pupils cut strips of wool in a particular length and then sewn these tufts of hair onto doll's head.

A doll's face Pupils drew eyes, nose and mouth on the doll's face. A make up

Let's wear our doll! We continued with sewing clothes for our dolls. Pupils in groups decided what colours should their doll wear. Then pupils began to cut out the shapes and sew shirts, skirts, aprons and sleeveless pullovers. copying the blueprint sewing a body and clothes …

wearing a doll decorating the apron sewing a body

A doll becomes alive As our dolls didn't have names yet we went to Google to name them with the most common polish names. We were able to find an interesting site: tml and chose names for our dolls. )))

Having fun while making the dolls the 3rd class the 5th class

And …here they are! Mirror, mirror on the wall, Who is the fairest fair of all?"