Corn husk dolls

phoenix_dawn · August 6, 2021, 1:22am

@Mark01 just be prepared because she is a little harder to make that the video makes it look. I SWEAR she was hitting pause and gluing it. Or who knows I may just not have been focused enough to properly pay attention

Mark01 · August 6, 2021, 5:41pm

LOL. Yeah no way am I making a cornhusk doll like in that video. The cross is doable and maybe a doll like the one you made, that turned out well btw.

This lady has some good videos of making things. Here’s she’s making a cornhusk doll…

phoenix_dawn · August 6, 2021, 5:52pm

@Mark01 that’s the video I used! I still had trouble🤷🏼‍♀️ maybe next year I will have better luck

Garnet · August 18, 2021, 11:55am

Yummy, Fried Green Tomato’s

Susurrus · August 18, 2021, 12:37pm

I have made crosses, my most recent one that I made around Imbolc is pictured below. I have a spool of rushes that I ordered over the winter.

I also have Brigid’s Cross on my necklace with a Claddaugh charm. I have Brigid’s Cross, Artemis’ Bow, Lugh’s Shield, & the Eye of Horus on my bracelet. Both are silver. I have an “Evil Eye” bracelet that I received from @Rowan too. I wear them 98% of the time.

I have corn in my garden growing. (I found out that after you pick the ears, they keep growing & fill in!) So I’m hoping to make a corn husk doll soon. I may just buy some ears of corn at the grocery store & use the husks.

phoenix_dawn · August 18, 2021, 1:17pm

@Susurrus that is a gorgeous cross! I have a claddaugh tattoo on my lower back. Hurt like hell (sorry but there’s no better description for the pain I was in) and my wedding ring is a Celtic knot.
I’m told that you can buy tamale wraps from the ethnic section at the grocery store and that they work just as well as corn husk. I can’t speak for anyone else’s experience making corn dolls but that is definitely a lot harder than it looks. Or at least it was for me which is strange because I’m an artist so one would think it would come natural to me. I finally just said “it is what it is” and finished her the way she is because I spent 3 hours working on her and I was exhausted lol

Sarafeena_Sage · August 20, 2021, 8:35pm

I made a few crafts for Lammas…

I used Corn husks from corn we ate this summer. The cross and the horned man were made from the dried stalks of my day Lilies. They worked great! The horns are made from the top of the lily stalk where the flowers were growing.

I really enjoyed making these crafts.

crystal24 · August 20, 2021, 8:40pm

Great job. Very creative

Susurrus · August 22, 2021, 3:17am

I received my Tamed Wild Subscription Box & it just so happens that this month, for the harvest, the ritual it came with has to do with a corn husk doll. So now, I have a “kit” of sorts to make one & it came with the directions.

Once I get my room cleaned up from the last week of letting it go, I am going to see about doing this ritual. Possibly on Thursday for the group ritual because it also came with the Harvest tea blend. I remember that being really good.