What doll will we be making?
If you're into cats & mice, and have been wanting to make a cute soft toy for yourself or as a gift to love ones, this is the workshop you should be joining! :)
Minimum age of participants: 8 years old and above. The reason why Cordelia sets this minimum age is because it would be dangerous for minors younger than 8 to manage scissors and needles.
It is an activity that is beneficial to mental and emotional health. The benefits as follows:-
1) Confidence booster
2) Emotional outlet
3) Improve sensory processing skills
4) Improves patience, focus and motivation
5) Awakening, exploring and discovering our creative self.
6) Pushing self perceived boundaries and limitation from "I can't!" to "I can do it!"
Facilitator profile:
A sock doll maker since 2012, Cordelia is a creative person who likes to discover and creates new experiences through senses in sound, crafts and words. She is a poet of more than twenty years, a singer of her own song composition, a writer and a facilitator conducting stress releasing vocal toning exercises for more than ten years.
She has also explored her creativity through quilling, glass art paintings, sock doll making and more. Her journey of sock doll-making started from exploring her creativity to making dolls for fundraising, gifts to the children in the hospital and more.
She has worked with NGOs upon their invitation to conduct sock doll-making workshops over the years. Among them were World Vision Malaysia, Cybercare-UNHCR, Breast Cancer Group Support Johor Bahru, The Inclusive Outdoor Classroom and Ronald McDonald House Charities Malaysia.
She is passionate to help the learner to awaken the creative side in them. To encourage their boldness to create, bringing their creation to life.
She has written a blog post on how she started on sock doll making journey below:-
https://ehomemakers-malaysia.blogspot.com/2019/12/from-nothing-to-something.html FB:
https://www.facebook.com/Cordy-Creative-World-101170171412891/