Daily Idea #88: Worry Dolls

Over the last few days we’ve been speaking more about some of the things of which we are worried. There is a lot going on in the world and while our children may not be exposed to everything they hear a lot of what we say. They express their worries differently and we have been trying to figure out a way to make them feel comfortable speaking about what is on their mind. Besides speaking to us we felt that we could make something that was completely unbiased. So we looked up worry dolls.

Worry dolls are tiny dolls (no bigger than 4 inches) made of yarn. The fable is that you tell your worry to the dolls at night and place them under your pillow. They then take your worries for the night and give your brain clarification in the morning.

You can read more about worry dolls here.

To make your worry dolls you will need:

• small twigs

• sharp scissors or garden shears

• fine yarn in different colors

• permanent marker

• low heat glue gun

Gather a few twigs from the park or the yard. Cut them into pieces of varying sizes no longer than 4 inches.

Wrap the twigs with your various colors of yarn. The secure the starting piece of yarn leave a little extra tail and then wrap the yarn around it a few times. When you change colors, repeat this process to keep the yarn from unraveling. When you finish wrapping all of you colors knot then yard, and then cut it. Dab the knot with some glue from the glue gun. Repeat as many times as you’d like to make a family of worry dolls.

Using the permanent marker, draw eyes and a mouth on your doll. If you are feeling really creative, you can even try to add hair to your dolls.

You can house them in a small baggy to keep them all together. Trade them with friends, tell them your worries, and keep them under your pillow.