Doll Motanka: Toys and Ward with his own hands

Beautiful toy doll Motanka will look great on the shelf in the living room. Especially if you make a few of these and composition.

Do it from a piece of cloth. Motanka extravagant, it may surprise. It does not fit into the usual understanding of the toys, because it has no face. Never paint her eyes, lips, eyebrows. Moreover, the head often rewinds the tape.

The Slavs believed that this doll can protect against nightmares, lack of money, illness and failure. Children also, for sure, like to play with her, and it will be interesting to know its history.

traditional toys

In ancient times it was in vogue wooden dolls. They were made more often than men because the wood is still solid material. But once the masters got an idea how to make a toy of cloth. First Motanka, apparently, everyone liked.

There was a tradition: men make wooden toys and motanku only women are made of fabric.

Basic Rules

During operation, you need to adhere to certain rules of tradition. This is especially important if you plan to make a talisman, and not just a toy. In particular:

1. Once started, try as soon as possible to finish it, to put aside all things to do.
2. Nothing new start until Motanka not be done.
3. Do not engage in a doll on a Friday or Sunday. In these days of the week it is necessary to spend more time on economic affairs, the care of home and friends.
4. When working with strings to try to do without knots - wind, tighten, tighten them. Otherwise, you can bring trouble. Is it possible to fulfill this condition? Only in the process will be found the answer. According to legend, you can tie a knot on the fate of chance, not fate in the assembly. Bow, loop - the permissible methods.
5. Do not use needles, scissors, needles.
6. If you follow these rules, the doll will attract positive energy into the house. It can scare away evil spirits.

Procedure

We must first choose a suitable fabric and thread, to find the right color. Allowed to decorate patches with embroidery, beads, crystals, but this should be done in advance because without needles and scissors can not do. Decorating fabric, it is necessary to tear off the flap of the base web by hand.

The face and body of the dolls made of fabric without a pattern, white or flesh. It is coiled, envelope - both intuitively. The easiest way - wrapped in a roll. This is the most reliable method. After that it is wrapped with thread to give the shape of the head, torso, arms, legs. You can further break the blade during operation to Motanka it turned out really beautiful and durable.

Not stuffed doll separately hollofaybera, padding polyester, wool - it is not necessary. We need only fabric. After completing work on the body, you can start making clothes from the pre-decorated with patches.

Motanku sometimes make only thread. It is always advisable to use natural materials - wool, linen and so on.