YOU CAN MAKE AN ""EAR OF CORN"" DOLL

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Pull another layer of the husk around to the back of the doll's head for braids. Then gently tear off the remaining shucks and lay them aside (you may want to use them later for a broom). Split the shucks that you intend to braid into 12 (six for each side) one-half-inch strips. Then combine the 12 strips into six doubles and — using three of the doubled strips for each one — braid the two pigtails and tie them off with your two remaining lengths of thread.

Turn the doll around at this point, trim its bangs (just above where the eyes will be painted on the face) with scissors and then fringe the bangs by cutting them vertically at intervals of one-quarter inch. Finally, set the doll outside about three hours or out of the way indoors for 12 hours to allow the husk pigtails, face, etc., to completely dry.

STEP SIX:

A simple mouth, nose, eyes, and lashes can be painted on the dried doll with. either tempera or acrylics. Once the paint has set, invert a large paper cup, cut an "X" across its bottom, and push the doll down into the upside-down container to within about one inch of "her" waist. The finished toy or display should stand approximately 10 inches tall.

EDITOR'S NOTE. Once you've constructed Charlene's basic doll, you can let your imagination run wild. Dress her up as a little girl ... as a granny. . . even as a "doll". If you have trouble getting started just send $2.00 to Charlene Berryman, The Barnyard, Rt. 1, Box 41C Kingsbury, Texas 78538 ... and she'll send you three big sheets of dollmaking instructions and patterns for skirts, petticoats, aprons, dresses, and bonnets ... just like the ones you see here.

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