Homemade VooDoo Doll

Sometimes we need a way to get out our aggressions! You know those times when it feels like everything is against us and there is nothing that can be done to get things back on track? We have all had that one co-worker that gets under our skin, or the neighbor that doesn’t respect our boundaries. These times call for a homemade voodoo doll! Officially a voodoo doll is an effigy that pins can be poked into. These dolls can be used for positive or negative effects. A voodoo doll can be made to help focus prayers and healing for a person, or pins poked into them to focus anger against a person in our life, without causing actual harm.

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I made this homemade voodoo doll for a close friend as a way to deal with some challenging co-workers. There is some vinyl across the back to allow the ‘name’ of the person to be placed on the voodoo doll and erased when my friend needs to focus on a different person! Also, I didn’t really want the voodoo doll to be scary, so I tried to make it quite cute. A voodoo doll is very easy to make. I used leftover fabric scraps, some buttons and left over yarn to make this one. Use what you have available!

How To Make Your Homemade Voodoo Doll

This voodoo doll was created by using the shape of a gingerbread man. Two pieces of fabric were cut, one for the front, and one for the back. Before assembling the voodoo doll body, I decorated the pieces of fabric. It is so much easier to decorate before the two sides are attached and stuffing has been added.

Things you might need:
Fabric
Stuffing
Embroidery Floss
Buttons
Yarn

Decorate

Two different buttons were used for the eyes with black embroidery floss as the thread. I added Frankenstein like stitching across different parts of the body and the mouth, also using black embroidery floss. A small rectangle of iron-on white vinyl was adhered to the back – as a place to write names with dry-erase markers. After the decorating, it is time to assemble the voodoo doll.

Assemble

Now, place the right sides together and stitch almost all the way around, leaving an opening at the top of the head – for stuffing and to add yarn hair. Once you are done sewing, turn it right-side out. Fill it tightly with stuffing.

Hair

To create the hair, gather the amount of yarn you would like for your voodoo doll’s hair. I cut several pieces the same length and tied a knot using all the strands, at the end. This knot will be tucked inside your doll’s head. As an alternative, you could vary the lengths of the yarn strands, to make your doll look a little more crazy! Push the knot end inside the doll’s head and hand stitch across the top of the head.

Ta-da! You are done! If you don’t like the look of the hair, you can trim it to change the look!