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Title: Making Peg Dolls
Author: Margaret Bloom
Publisher: Hawthorn Press
Format: Softcover
Page Count: 192 pages
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Making Peg Dolls by Margaret BloomCrafting Wooden Peg Dolls for Seasonal Play and Storytelling Small wooden peg dolls can become story characters, companions in imaginative play, and charming figures for seasonal tables. Making Peg Dolls invites families into the creative world of crafting these simple figures by hand. Margaret Bloom shows how plain wooden pegs can be transformed into delightful dolls using wool, fabric, paint, and natural materials. Rooted in the Waldorf handcraft
Crafting Wooden Peg Dolls for Seasonal Play and Storytelling
Small wooden peg dolls can become story characters, companions in imaginative play, and charming figures for seasonal tables. Making Peg Dolls invites families into the creative world of crafting these simple figures by hand.
Margaret Bloom shows how plain wooden pegs can be transformed into delightful dolls using wool, fabric, paint, and natural materials. Rooted in the Waldorf handcraft tradition, the projects encourage imagination while connecting children to the rhythms of the seasons and familiar stories.
The dolls may represent characters from fairy tales, seasonal festivals, nature themes, or favorite storybook scenes—each one becoming part of a child’s imaginative play.
A Creative World in Small Wooden Figures
With clear guidance and inspiring examples, the book walks readers through designing and making peg dolls that are expressive yet simple. Families can create figures for storytelling baskets, nature tables, seasonal decorations, and everyday play.
Projects range from very simple dolls to more detailed creations, allowing beginners to start easily while exploring more intricate designs over time.
Peg dolls also lend themselves naturally to shared crafting. Children can help choose materials, imagine characters, and take part in the creative process, making the finished figures especially meaningful.
Handmade Toys for Imaginative Play
Peg dolls are wonderfully versatile: they can appear in puppet shows, storytelling scenes, seasonal displays, or everyday play. Their simplicity invites children to imagine the characters and stories that bring them to life.
For families seeking alternatives to mass-produced toys, Making Peg Dolls offers a thoughtful approach to handmade playthings that can become lasting parts of childhood.
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★★★★★ 5
A Totally Unique and Lasting Ball Toy Which Captures My Older and Previously Lethargic Dog’s Attention
Size: 3.5"
At about the time of my dog’s 8th birthday, I felt discouraged when I noticed a change in his playing habits and he seemed bored with most of his former favorite playthings. At a younger age, he played for hours until he exhausted himself, and then after a deep and lengthy nap he would resume playing with his toys.
His indoor playing time had decreased even though he was in perfect health. He does not have any arthritis, and he does not have any aches or pain, he was just mostly bored with his toys and after about 10 minutes of playing, he would walk away, stretch out and lie down. He seemed to have lost his interest in chasing after a ball, and I was getting desperate to find something new and completely different to end his daily lethargic existence.
These Gnawsome squeak and light balls have re-captured his interest as something completely different that he had never experienced with any of his other toys. Currently, he has several of these squeak and light balls and in two sizes, the medium 3.5” and the larger 4.5”. There are a variety of colors with different color flashing lights. Both the medium and the extra-large size are suitable for larger breed dogs like my Old English sheepdog. The large dimension guarantees safety that he will not accidentally swallow and choke, because they are too big to slide down his throat.
What makes this squeak ball unique is the addition of a flashing light, as this is something different that he had never experienced with any of his toys.
As he mouths the ball, a light inside the ball starts to flash with color. When he sees the flickering light he then drops the ball and he stares and watches and perks up his ears. When the flickering light stops he bats the ball around, grabs it in his mouth and tries to squeak and flash the light again. It’s obvious that the flashing light fascinates him and he enjoys the squeak sound as he mouths this ball. In addition, the soft flexible rubber spikes must feel good against his gums.
In the mornings as I struggle to wake-up and grab a cup of coffee, he is right there nudging my leg with his ball. He drops it at my feet, and starts running down our long hallway in anticipation of the throw and catch game. At night, it’s even better, I’ll turn off the lights and he can easily see the ball to catch it, and the ball lights flicker as it bounces against our hard tile floor.
I started his Gnawsome Squeak and Light Ball collection almost a year ago with both the large and the medium ball sizes. He has two Reds, two Greens, and one Blue scattered around our home because he carries and plays with them from room to room. Each color ball has a different color light. The Red ones light up red, the Green ones flash a green light, and his Blue one flickers with both a red and a blue light. The only color that we don’t have is the yellow, but I’m still hoping to get that color too.
I am impressed that they have all retained both the squeak and their flashing/flickering lights.
These balls are lightweight so they really go a distance when thrown, and the color NEVER comes off on our white woodwork.
This is one of the best dog toys that I have discovered, they are unique, durable and the squeak and flickering lights last through his mouthing, and normal playing habits. My dog loves them and they are his very favorite toys. In addition, and these light strobe balls may even work for a dog whose hearing has declined, because instead of hearing a ‘bounce’, the dog could just follow and chase the flashing light.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2017
★★★★★ 5
Great Toy!
Size: 3.5"
My dog loves it. The ball is not soft, that's why I chose it for my super chewer dog. The squeak pitch is a medium level. The ball fits comfortably in her mouth. I would say it's an average weight.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Durable for large dogs
Size: 3.5"
This is adorable ball. I have a 90 pound Dog and is still intact. I’d like to use it at night when I throw the ball because it lights up my Dog likes this ball over any tennis ball. It’s chewy and a little spikes massages there gums. I bought this ball 9 months ago and he plays with it every day. The light still works.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Dog loves it
Size: 3.5"
Beautiful blue, No smell, Dog like the soft spikes. Very bouncy. The light only work when I bounce it hard enough and it hits just right.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2025
★★★★★ 5
HE WON’T STOP PLAYING!!!!! Ha Ha!
Size: 3.5", Size: 3.5"
Just when I thought I couldn’t find a toy that would let me watch a 2 1/2 hour movie without interruption…. This came along!! I had to hide it overnight, but he saw where I hid it and he whined for 20 minutes until he finally went to sleep and they say dogs don’t have long-term memory well, this one as soon as I woke up was sitting right by the closet where the ball was hiding, he hasn’t let it go since ….the disco lights are fun, especially at night!!!The only thing is he’s biting the little spikes off but at least he’s spitting them out which is a good thing. Highly recommend for hours and hours of enjoyment plus it’s very bouncy.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2023
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