Making Peg Dolls: Over 60 Fun and Creative Projects for Children and Adults (Crafts and Family Activities)

Peg dolls are small, enchanting, and easy to make. They are a perfect craft for children and can become the inspiration for endless play and storytelling. Margaret Bloom invites you to enter the tiny magical world of peg dolls.

Coming from the Waldorf handcraft tradition, these irresistible dolls encourage creative play and promote the emotional and imaginative development of young children. Peg dolls can be made from natural materials to reflect the seasonal cycle, favorite fairy tales and festivals from around the world.

Inside Making Peg Dolls, you will find patterns for creating bluebirds & butterflies, flowers & fairy-tale figures, gnomes, winter angels and more:

√ Easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for children and crafters of all levels and experience

√ Beautiful color illustrations and photos

√ More than sixty designs and patterns for peg dolls

√ Ideas for peg dolls as gifts and toys, for seasonal nature tables, or for fairs

√ An inspiring section on storytelling with peg dolls

Making Peg Dolls is a valuable resource for families and classrooms with young children.

Margaret Bloom lives with her family in a small yellow cottage beneath the great oak trees of Northern California.  When she is not busy reading to her children, buttering toast or searching for lost socks, she spends her time writing, creating and finding inspiration in the world around her.