Creative writing with Peg Dolls

Peg Dolls and 
Creative Writing 

      

 

Let your kids take peg dolls or peg  people on vacations year. Then have your kids write stories, diary, or journal entries about their adventures together.

    Who could resist these smiling faces looking back at you.  Can't you hear them saying, " Let's play!"

    Why not try peg dolls in a 

creative writing center?   

         Go to a travel agent and pick up several travel brochures. Make sure you have a good variety of places of interest to visit. The brochures have beautiful colorful pictures to spark the interest of young writers. Even if your students can't read all the information on the pamphlets, that's okay.  The photographs will increase their creativity. 

        Place the brochures in your writing center with a good supply of peg dolls. 
Make sure the peg dolls have a variety of personalities, both boys and girls.  In this way your students will be able to pick a peg doll to resemble themselves as well as a friend or family member.

       Let  the creativity  begin and the writing flow. Students can use a paper and pencil in a writer's notebook or be creative on an Ipad.  A pictures or pictures can be added with the peg doll in front of the vacation location.

          
    Tiny peg dolls made from clothes pins are fun and easy to make.  They can be a project for elementary school children to make themselves or made by an adult as a small gift for a child.  Peg dolls travel so easily because of their diminutive size. Just the right size for small hands.  The cost is so reasonable to make.  

     
        Peg dolls don't have to be just people.  Bunnies can be peg dolls, too.  Your students can tell and write stories about all sorts of animals and their adventures.

    Why not let each of you students make a peg doll of their own. This way each will definitely have their own personality!  Then when they go to your writing center their peg doll friend will be there waiting for them ready to work!

 

      Please leave a comment. I'd love to hear from you.

Enjoy this beautiful day!

Beti

Peg Doll Travelers

Peg Dolls 

will Travel!

           Now that we are stuck at home trying to figure out something new to do with our kids, give peg dolls or peg  "people" a chance.  The simple wooden clothesline can become a person or animal in an hour or two.

           There are many blogs on how to paint faces on peg dolls to guide you through the painting.  But I am sure your kids will be able to paint there people or animals.

           After the painting is complete, have your kids think of an adventure that the peg dolls has gone on.  They could start a journey journal. They will be working on creative writing without even knowing what happened. 😉

       Peg dolls are popping up in so many places.  These have a special Altoid tin as a secret hiding place or travel case.  I added a special personalized note in the cover for the child. Hopefully, the tiny friends will travel to many exciting places with their new friends. 

          

     Peg dolls would be a wonderful addition to an Easter basket.  Along with a small journal or diary and pens or pencils, your child will be able to record their journeys.  This is a wonderful way to get a reluctant writer to enhance their writing skills.  You might also include colored pencils to add illustrations to their writing.  I always tell my students that a picture is worth a thousand words. 

    This could be a great introductory art lesson for kids to make a peg doll that looks like themselves.   Wouldn't the students in school enjoy having a peg doll in their desk? The peg doll could come out during creative writing time.  We all know a child or two that needs a little extra encouragement to write.  This might be the trick for your students. 

      Have fun and enjoy your day!

Beti