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SURPRISES TUCKED INSIDE
(Art; World Culture)
By Carol Peterson
What’s to love about nesting dolls? Each doll opens to reveal a surprise – another doll tucked inside. Russian children brought these carved and painted wooden toys with them to America. The toys were called “matryoshka” (matr-YOSH-ka) dolls, which comes from a word that means “mother.” One doll is the mother of the smaller doll inside.
To make a set of matryoshka dolls, you will need:
• Plastic Easter eggs that open at the center – at least 2 of different sizes so that one fits inside another
• Glue, marker pens, yarn, buttons, glitter, other decorations
• One plastic milk carton top for each egg
Decorate eggs as animals, people, or other creatures, using markers, yarn, buttons and other decorations. Place smaller eggs inside larger ones. Use a plastic milk carton top as a “stand” for each egg when they are not tucked inside.
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