{"id":8678,"date":"2020-12-07T17:24:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T23:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/?page_id=8678"},"modified":"2020-12-07T17:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T23:26:24","slug":"dolls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stateoftheozarks.net\/showcase\/magazine\/craftsmanship\/dolls\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doll Making\"\"<\/h1>\n

by Joshua Heston<\/h2>\n

Dolls and doll making are scarcely inherent to the Ozarks, but, like many other forms of craftsmanship, the art has survived well in these hills.<\/p>\n

And the memories attached to many a Christmas doll are no less dimmed.<\/p>\n

From Virginia Snyder:<\/span><\/h1>\n

\u201cI knew I wouldn\u2019t have a Christmas gift under the tree that night.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the Christmas program was over, Santa came. He started calling out the names of children and \u2014 he called my name! I couldn’t believe it!<\/p>\n

\u201cI carried the gift back to the seat where Mother and Daddy were sitting and Mother whispered, \u2018Open it.\u2019 I was so excited! Inside was the most beautiful doll I had ever seen, with a lovely pink dress, bonnet and little white shoes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can still see that doll today and recall the thrill of that wonderful Christmas….\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 page 49, Virginia\u2019s Song: A Country Quilt of Memories,<\/span> by Virginia Snyder, Barnabas Publishing Services, 1996.<\/h4>\n
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Memories of Homemade Dolls<\/h3>\n

I grew up in McDonald County and we \u201cmade do\u201d there as well. In addition to clothes pin dolls, we had dolls hand-sewn from white feed sacks, stuffed with cotton and hollyhock ballerinas. We made \u201chouses\u201d by outlining the rooms with small rocks and served \u201ctea\u201d from acorn cups. We made ink from poke berries and climbed the tallest tree on the nearest hill and looked at the clouds and imagined what they portrayed. A rich childhood using our imaginations.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Marilyn Carnell, McDonald County, Missouri<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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