How to Make Travel Pipecleaner Dolls

Time needed: 30 minutes.

All you need is a few craft supplies and some imagination to make your own Travel Pipecleaner Dolls!

1. Doll Assembly

   Cut one pipecleaner into 1/3 and 2/3 pieces. Fold the longer piece in half and push through bead. Use scissors to trim excess off loop extending from top of bead. Add a section of embroidery floss through loop and pull down until hair is secure in place. Hot glue hair if necessary. Wrap limbs in embroidery floss to create body. Finish with a double knot.
   
   

2. Make clothes and accessories

   Totally optional but you can also cut up little pieces of felt to make clothes for your Travel Pipecleaner Dolls. Just use the dolls as templates. Keep in mind that their heads are pretty big so you’re probably going to want to slide on any clothes from the feet up.
   
   

3. Decorate the matchbox

   I highly recommend using your Cricut to cut some cute designs from Heat Transfer Vinyl for the front of the matchbox. You can find the “My Little Friend” design here.
   
   

4. Apply vinyl

   Once you’ve cut out your words or image, use your preferred heating device to apply the vinyl cut outs to the front of the matchbox. I went super simple with just words but you could also decorate the box with scenery for the dolls to enjoy.
   
   

5. Insert dolls

   With the dolls and matchbox completed, just place them inside and close the box.