The Snowflake Chronicles

Lemon Aid And A Dammit Doll

10 Baha 164 B.E. – Friday, March 30, 2007

When life serves you lemons, make lemon aid and a dammit doll. Someone posted the instructions for making one of these dolls on a Yahoo journaling groups. While you are drinking the lemon aid, you can use the doll to for as instructed.

How to Make a Dammit Doll

Thought this was worth sharing. Taken from GrannyMoons morning feast march 28 2007

Crones Corner - Dammit Dolls

Dammit dolls are great and the best part is that you can shrink the
size and make poppets. They also help get rid of scraps of materials.

How to make a Dammit Doll

What you need:

Scraps of Material
Stuffing--polyester or cotton
Old buttons for eyes and belly button
Yarn for hair
Paper to make a pattern

Make a pattern by folding the paper in half and cutting out a shape of
somewhat like a ginger bread man. I copied the shape from a small
cookie cutter that I had. It was easier to draw the shape first and then
cut it out. I found a nice fat shape looks better than a thin one.

After you have your pattern, use it to cut out two identical shapes. If
you like, use pinking shears to make a ragged edge. On one side, sew on
buttons for eyes and belly button. Using some yarn, attach the hair at
the top. I added a mouth to mine by using a cross-stitch pattern that my sewing
machine does.

Now, put wrong sides together and stitch around the edge, leaving an
opening to add the stuffing. Add stuffing,(don' t over stuff it) and
finish sewing up the opening.

Write the following poem on a piece of paper and attach it around his neck:

Whenever things don't go so well...
And you want to hit the wall and yell...
Here's a little dammit doll
That you can't do without.
Just grasp it firmly by the legs
And find a place to slam it
And as you whack the stuffing out
Yell, "DAMMIT! DAMMIT! DAMMIT!"