How to Make YEFON Paper dolls Art Projects for Your Little Munchkins

From our hearts to you | Yefon paper dolls for children | #iamyefon

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A psychic once told me that I would find magical inspiration
when I found a way to truly fall

in love with, and understand children.
Here are some of my experiences
from my Kindergarten to
Second Grade Classroom,
where I teach at RA,
Altadena, California.

Some of my students at Renaissance Academy | iPhone 6S +

Yefon Paper Doll | Taken with iPhone 6S+

Dear Afrikan Girl, have you missed
me as I've missed you?
I've been gone. I am here now.
Are you raising children?

My Kindergarten student Isis :)

You can make reading more interactive!
Here is one way:  

Make Paper dolls of your story's characters!
I loved making them as a child!   
You can use inexpensive fun materials to do so!
Best part: it's a wonderful way to bond with
your little munchkin!
Welcome to the Souba world!
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My grammar wizard found some words that could
 be simplified for seven-year-olds like herself.

We are Reading:

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My students asked me to read my children's book to them:
Yefon: How One Person Can Change the world,( $16.99 on Amazon)
with them. It's a story about how a seven-year old's bravery
changed the Law about women's education in an African
village in the 1940s.
To make it more interactive,
I decided to have them do art around it.

My Kindergartener Adrian asks about the native African fabric.

Arts & Crafts Display tools | Taken with an iPhone 6S +

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Here is what
you will need...

You'll need:

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1. White 8x10 paper.

2. Black Sharpie Fine.

3. Fadeless Colored 8x10 construction Paper.

4. Assorted box of art scissors (both plain + decorative)

Photo Credit: iPhone 6 S +

5. Assorted rolls of wool, thread, string and

ribbons to your taste.

Box of assorted ribbons | Bottom Right.

Black string | used for Yefon's hair.

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6. Assorted beads.

Jewelry Kit for children | Credit: Google Image.

Use different shapes and sizes | iPhone 6S+

*Make sure to use red too

(Yefon ALWAYS wears a red necklace to symbolize her courage.)

7. Art glue stick + Transparent Tape

CREDIT: Google Images

Credit: Google Images.

8. Crayons and colors ( red, dark brown).

9. A bunch of stickers and decorations

for the dress.

10. Yefon Children's book, or any

other if you prefer.

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It Goes Like This:

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Arts & Crafts Display tools | Taken with an iPhone 6S +

1. We Used a black sharpie to outline a

body shape on a piece of white 8x10 paper

and made a bunch of photocopies.

Make sure the hands extend out.

We labeled it Yefon Character.

Outlines ready to cut | Photo: iPhone 6S+

Yefon Character...

Hello Yefon ;)

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2. We cut the figures out with a pair of scissors.

Zayne helped me with art today.

3. I asked each girl what color of dress she preferred.

In the case of Lucia, we folded a single

sheet of pink construction paper,

into half, then into another half,

and traced a picture of a dress

with a pencil.

Then we cut it out.

Red string serves as belt.

4. Using red ribbon, we defined the dolls' waists,

on both dresses, creating belts.

We achieved this by gluing the backs

of the dresses with glue stick.

Red ribbon serves as belt.

Doll now has a belt | Used red ribbon + Glue in back.

5. We Used Adhesive foam
decorative stickers and the Sharpie

to decorate the dresses to our tastes.

Decorative stickers from Oriental Trading. 

Glue was also used for the beads.

Zayne is sticking beads to make a necklace.

6. For the hair, we used the above dark

rope, cutting it into several short pieces.

Using glue, we attached the pieces

to the head.

We are about to cut the hair pieces.

7. After scribbling diligently with

several shades brown crayons and colors,

Shading in the skin using Crayola burnt sienna

little Yefon was ready...

At least, the first prototype.

We showed her off ...

BEFORE + AFTER.

Assorted Dolls made By Sandy, Zayne, Makayla, Lucia and Amari

Update:

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Several dolls later, we had kings and Queens...

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About The Children's Book:

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                                       Based on Amazon Bestselling Novel Yefon: The Red Necklace 

SYNOPSIS: Young Yefon Labam wants to go to school just 

like the boys in her village. Only thing is, an old Law still 

standing forbids women from being educated. 

Yefon decides that she must do

 something about this, even if it means

 straying away from age-old tradition

 and going against

 her mother’s warnings. 

Join Yefon and her pet goat Dini on an adventure as she embarks on this test of bravery, a journey to make her voice heard! She will come to realize the true meaning of her name as she confronts the supernatural legend of Kibaranko and his brood of wild animals in the dark forest (sitting between her village and the King’s Palace.) 

Help Yefon convince the King that she too deserves to go to school (Ages 4- 10) Comes with an Activity Book and Tool Kit Sold Separately.

Thank you for reading.
Sahndra Fon Dufe.

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