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| How to Make an Apple Doll Head | Summer Alert: Drying apples in the summer may be difficult because of the humidity.
You may want to wait till humidity decreases or try a dehydrator or alternating directing a fan on
the apples and placing in oven at very low heat- 135 deg or below.
Try heating the oven a little and turn off to cool before you put the apples in oven. Supplies: Apples, paring knife, lemon juice, salt, wire or stick, red water color paint,
black "e" beads, carded wool or ? for hair.
 | | 6. Soak apple (for about 5 min.) in water with 2 T. salt & lemon juice added. (approx. measurements) Insert a wire or stick into apple and hang to dry, or place on a rack.Peel another apple without carving & dry for hands
| | | 7. Drying may take several weeks. Humid weather may make it harder to dry the apple, sometimes it may mold instead. Try drying apples in drier weather or inside a heated room. If you dry the apple in summer humidity, try placing the apple by a fan, or in a hot car on the dash. A dehydrator with removable shelves so the apples will fit , is the easiest and quickest way to dry appleheads within a few days. | | 1. Select an apple (green or red) medium or large size. Choose an apple that is not too soft. Peel the apple. | | 8.The apple is ready when spongy dry. Pinch or re-cut lines if face needs re-shaping. |  | |  | | 2. With a paring knife, cut a U-shaped line for the nose. | |  |  | | 3. Remove wedges of the apple by cutting towards the cut lines of the nose. This brings the profile of the nose forward. | | Insert beads sideways into eye slits. |  | |  | | 4. Cut wedges out of the apple under the nose, under the cheeks and where the eyes will be. | | Add water to red water color paint to paint light pink cheeks & a little darker pink for the mouth.. |  | |  | | 5. Cut slits for eyes. Cut a line for the mouth. Shape the chin & other areas. Add light lines around eyes & on forehead to add wrinkles. | | 9. Glue hair to the top of the head. | | 
I would love to see you place a picture of your completed APPLE DOLL on this thread. They are fun and make a wonderful kitchen witch for your kitchen magick. | |  | | | | 10. From the plain dried apple (or back of apple face) cut wedges with a scissors to form hands. Cut slits in hands for fingers | |
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Sewing Apple Doll Clothes Granny or Grandpa Supplies: material for shirt, skirt or pants, stretchy material for socks, felt for grandpa's hat & leather or vinyl for grandpa's suspenders.
|  | 1. Use stretchy material. Socks are 3"w x 6"h, folded in half. cut material so sock stretches width wise. Fold in 1/2 and stitch along bottom and side, leaving top open. Turn inside out. |  | 7. Fold skirt in half. Sew side seam. | |  | 2.Double material so fold is on top edge of the shirt. Shirt is 9" wide at top fold, 2" wide sleeves & 5" wide across bottom. |  | 8. turn inside out. Skirt with apron attached! | |  | 3. Turn up edge on sleeves, gather while sewing. Sew sides of shirt. |  | 9. Pants are 6" w x 10" h. cut 2. cut slit 5 1/2 " from bottom for legs. | |  | 4. Turn inside out. |  | 10. Sew one side of pants. | |  | 5. Skirt is 15" w x 9 1/2" h. Apron is 8" w x 5"h. Hem apron on 3 sides. |  | 11. Open and turn top of pants under. Sew & gather top edge. Sew other side of pants and inside of legs. Turn inside out. | |  | 6. Lay apron on top edge of skirt. Turn top edge over. Sew & gather top edge. Hem bottom of skirt. | 
| 12. Cut strips of leather or vinyl for suspenders.
|  | 13. Hat. From felt, cut 2 half circles. Sew along curved edge. Turn inside out. cut circle with hole. Glue bottom hat, slipping brim over hat. | | Making the Apple Doll Body & Finishing the Doll | Supplies: 18 gauge mechanics wire, polyester fiberfill, material scraps, yarn
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body is about 9" long | 1. Shape body with wire, starting at the top, leave about 2" of wire then bend to the right. Loop to make arm then bend back to the middle. Wrap around center & make loops for other arm& legs.Cut with wire cutter & wrap remaining wire around middle. |  | 4. Cut small hole in middle top of shirt. Pull shirt on with wire going through the top of the shirt. Pull on skirt or pants. Glue inside of skirt at waist in a few spots to secure. Place lace through wire or add shawl. Add suspenders to pants, gluing inside of pants. Pull socks on the legs. Turn up ends to form feet. | |  | 2. Wrap a scrap of material around center of body. |  | 5. Push head through wire. bend wire back to secure. Tie scarf on the head or glue hat on. Place hands between wire at end of arms. Wrap wire around hands to secure. | |  | 3. Place fiberfill around center & wrap with yarn. continue to add fiberfill to arms & legs, wrapping yarn tightly to secure. Leave some of the wire unwrapped at the end of the arms. Wrap entire legs. |  | |
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