Monday, 17 August 2009

Something new

I have been interested in peg dolls since I was little girl. I have a collection of the small wooden keepsakes which I add to occaisionally with a design of my own. I thought it would be nice to share these in the form of a selection of new kits.

A lot of peg dolls can be a bit crudely made, so I have attempted to make one that was simple to do, but high quality at the same time. The result are these 3 figures below:


Included in each kit: Peg, pipe cleaner, felt, fabric, ribbon, beads, sand paper, comprehensive instructions and pattern pieces.
Make the peg unique by drawing on your own hair and face and choose the length of the skirt you would like. There are 3 colours currently available. Flower Power, Opulent Orange and Beautiful Blue (see below):

They are suitable for the young and the young at heart and are available from e-bay for an introductory low price or buy now from me for £5 each (e-bay prices will soon rise to this price).
Send me a message or get in touch through my website via the link to the right.
I'm doing some research into this subject and would be very interested to hear from anyone who has peg dolls from their childhood! Please get in touch.

2 comments:

anne said...

They are very pretty.
I never played with peg dolls. It is for me the first time I see and hear about them.

Sarah Homfray said...

Hi Anne! The Victorians where the first to make them I believe, it was a cheap way for poor children to have a doll. Guess that's why they never made it to France!