St. Faustina, step by step

The girls and I spent a quiet half hour crafting more saints' dolls, each of us using our own imaginations to portray a favorite saint. Theresa and I both worked on St. Faustina to celebrate her feast. Drawing inspiration from a portrait on a holycard, I began by cutting out a simple habit in two pieces:


St. Faustina's gorgeous veil begged for a more three dimensional treatment. By folding a strip of cardstock into thirds and snipping the front in two places before folding it, the base of her veil began to take shape.

The photo above shows the white base before I turned it around and glued it to the "forehead" of the spoon in the photo below. Two neat triangular folds on either side captured the look of St. Faustina's headpiece:

A strip of dark cardstock folded in three places, draped over the top of the head and snipped and folded in the back supplied her veil. I am using my thumb in the picture below to hold down the first rear fold as the glue dries:

In the end the back should look something like the photo below. One more piece of dark cardstock covering the back of her skirt would make the doll reversible.
Here is the finished product. (Placing the doll in front of a Divine Mercy image seemed like a perfect finishing touch):

Speaking of finishing touches, I decided to have some fun by writing on the pages inside St. Faustina's little book:

If all that paper folding for St. Faustina's veil is too complicated for your young ones, consider eleven-year-old Theresa's simplified, but no less attractive and recognizable, version:

Rear view:

St. Faustina, pray for us!

Comments

[Margaret]

Oh Alice! This is so wonderful. You are such an inspiration. Thank you for sharing.
Margaret

[Christine]

Alice, thank you so much for taking the time to share how you and Theresa made the St. Faustina dolls. I can't wait to share your creativity with my children.

[Claire]

Too sweet!

[Bernadette]

They're absolutely lovely! Where did you get the spoons!

[Perla Hernandez]

Hello, I just want to say thank you very much for sharing this craft. I did this with my faith formation class and they loved it. Our church name is Divine Mercy of Our Lord and this was a great way to talk about saints and mainly focus on Sta. Faustina. Thanks again and May God Bless you always.

[Very Thankful]

This activity is lovely! Creative ideas all around! May God Bless you All!

[Very Thankful]

This activity is lovely! Creative ideas all around! May God Bless you All!

[Norma]

These are great. Where did you get teh spoons

[Lori]

I once bought a kit with some tiny beads in it, and was inspired to string some doll-sized rosaries. Fun and very satisfying, and I think my best friend's daughters enjoyed them!

[Annette S.]

you gunthers have good habits.