How to make guatemalan worry dolls

This week with my crafts club we made Guatemalan Worry Dolls. Worry dolls are given to children to help them deal with difficult times. They are stored in a special box or bag until nighttime. Then, just before going to sleep, children take out the worry dolls and tell one worry to each dolls. The dolls then spend the night under the children's pillows until going back in the box the next morning. Worry dolls are a lot like dream catchers. You can certainly buy them or you can make them…

As a child I used to love my Guatemalan worry dolls, I still do. My mom told me to whisper my worries to the dolls and they would fix them for me. It always seemed to work. Now I'm older I realise that this is because I'm actually verbalising my problems instead of keeping them to myself but as a kid I thought it was the dolls working their magic. I still have my dolls, but for a while I've wondered if I could make my own. On Pinterest there were a lot of tutorials to make them with cocktail…

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Discover how to make traditional Guatemalan worry dolls with kids, fostering creativity and cultural appreciation.

Guatemalan worry dolls have found use in homes, schools, hospitals, and counseling offices, and are especially popular with tourists visiting Guatemala. Learn how to make your own kid-friendly version of this fun craft!

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Get the 411 on how to make a worry doll, 8 different ways! This little craft is easy and fun, and kids will love learning about the Mayan legend behind it!

I've been excited to share this project for weeks. Worry dolls are an ingenious Guatemalan craft that help ease troubles of parents and children who are working together to cope with stress associated with sickness and poverty . The idea is to make a likeness of the child and place it under their pillow at night. The belief is that the doll will take away the worry or sickness as they sleep. Like a dream catcher the act of making the craft is soothing. The project fits in perfectly with the…

A book I love to read, especially at the beginning or very end of the year when many students have worries, is Silly Billy by Anthony Browne. We always read the information page at the back about Worry Dolls. After reading everyone wants to make their own worry dolls. You need: Masking tape, scissors, match sticks AND Wool or embroidery thread. You can use 4 match sticks per doll or 5 match sticks per doll depending on how thick you want them to be. I find the thicker 5 match stick dolls are…