Yay I finally finished my first apple head doll

I learned so much that I'll make the next one in a much more efficient manner. For one, put the head on last after the body is stuffed and the clothes are on it! Glue hair on last!

I named her Maddy. I'm so happy I finally finished one. It was intimidating. I had to keep reminding myself that if I could sew people clothes I could figure out how to make doll clothes. And it helps to remember the skirt is a circle and the scarf and shawl are both triangles. The shirt is a t-tunic. The hands and legs are made from a tan sock. Now I have more confidence in the whole process.

Working on a new batch of apple head dolls.

I just added the wire bodies and eyes to some of the heads. I bought the batting to make the bodies with so that's the next step. For an article on it look here: http://hubpages.com/_l6f64eotqm13/hub/Make_An_Apple_Head_Doll_Part_1

History

If you can work around the typos, this page contains some good history into the doll's origin. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.motherearthnews.com/menarch/archive/issues/064/064_images/064-040-02.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.motherearthnews.com/library/1980_July_August/Make_Applehead_Dolls&h=170&w=300&sz=26&tbnid=kGkQIQKn_UV8qM:&tbnh=62&tbnw=111&hl=en&start=16&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dapple%2Bhead%2Bdolls%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG

They look much better once I add the eyes and glasses and sometimes teeth. 

This is what they look like a few days after drying them in a barely warm oven. The apples were large to begin with. 

Body

This page tells how to use a soda bottle for the doll's body. I know you can also use dish soap bottles. http://www.ehow.com/how_3900_make-apple-head.html

Clothing

This page has directions for making the body and clothing: http://www.make-stuff.com/projects/apple_dolls.html

Try it yourself

Another how-to page: http://www.tpt.org/donnasday/creative/activ24.html

How to make an apple head doll.

Some directions I found on Google. http://www.mtnlaurel.com/Crafts/apple.htm

Three new heads in the oven.

I had to toss out all the heads I'd already made when I moved. So I just carved 3 new heads and stuck them on low in the oven.