hand doll

A funny hand doll, which can entertain the small children for hours!

Wet felted hand doll

Print and cut out the pattern or make your own. Remember that the pattern must be between 1/2 and 1/3 times bigger than the wanted result, because the felt shrinks.


Cut the pattern out in bubble plastic and place it on a rush mat. Take wads of the wool and place it on the motif. Make it overlap and place the second layer at right angles to the first layer.

Wet felted hand doll

Splash warm soapy water over and press the water through the wool. Do a little felting and small circle movements until the wool bond together.

Wet felted hand doll

Turn the craft work and fold the edges.

Wet felted hand doll

Put again 2 layers of wool on.

Wet felted hand doll

Make the wool wet and felt, but leave the wool that goes beyond the edge dry. Turn again twice and put on a new layer.

Wet felted hand doll

Remove the template, stick your hand inside the doll and felt on the sides.

Wet felted hand doll

Place the doll on the mat and roll the doll into a roll that you can roll backwards and forwards. Roll from all four sides until the doll has the wanted size

Wet felted hand doll

Let the doll try completely. Embroider a mouth and glue on wooden bead eyes, wool hair and wool flowers.

Wet felted hand doll