How to Make a Worry Doll -  Popsicle Stick Version
Channel: Reher Center
Date: 2021-04-26

How to Make a Worry Doll -  Popsicle Stick Version


KingstonMulticulturalFestival.org


Material list for popsicle stick Worry Doll
Black marker to draw face and hair
1 craft stick
3    18” pieces of yarn – various colors
1 2”  by 3” piece of fabric for skirt
1 pipe cleaner for belt

The Guatemalan legend says, "Tell your worries to the worry dolls before you go to bed and put them under your pillow. In the morning, the dolls will have taken your worries away!" 

At KingstonMulticulturalFestival.org, find our original story in English, Spanish, and Q'eqchi’ (an indigenous language in Guatemala) to learn more about this tradition.

Worry is an emotion we all have all experienced this past year, regardless of our culture or identity. Let's come together to turn our worries into art as we celebrate immigrant culture. This community craft project honoring the tradition of the Muñeca Quitapenas, Guatemalan Worry Dolls, is presented by The Reher Center and the Cornell Creative Arts Center.

Please share a photo of your doll with us at #WorryDollHV so we can include it on the MulticulturalFestival website!


Join us at the Kingston Multicultural Festival and bring your worry doll! The festival will be held on the following Sundays: June 13th, June 20th, and June 27th, 2021 at the Kingston Waterfront Farmers Market in TR Gallo Park.