How To Make A Corn Husk Mat

Secure undersides of husks with t pins as you go.

How to make a corn husk mat. You will need the husks from three or four ears of corn for a small 3 basket. Large quantities of corn husks are wasted every year which might be made useful in many ways an article in the 1874 issue of the journal american agriculturalist offered instructions for making indoor and outdoor floor mats from braided corn husks a ubiquitous byproduct in farming communities throughout the united states. String scissors a bucket of water bags of cornhusks most easily purchased dried cleaned and in uniform sizes at a local craft store cornhusk doll diagram page print out. Soak cornhusks that have been thoroughly dried beforehand for 10 minutes in warm water.

Make the arms from a new bundle of raffia. Use the tender supple inner husks for the weavers weft of the basket. Cut off the tough core ends of the husks and try to lay out the silk so that the strands are all going in the same direction. Cut a small bundle to about 12 centimeter 4 7 in in length.

Use the coarse stiff outer husks for the spokes warp. Dunk corn husks in water blot slightly on paper towels and wrap around wreath overlapping edges of husks to form a first layer that covers straw entirely. Put the husks and silk in separate boxes on paper towels. Push this through the body just under the head.

This use of corn husks as a craft medium dates back many. Secure undersides of husks with t pins as you go. Dunk corn husks in water blot slightly on paper towels and wrap around wreath overlapping edges of husks to form a first layer that covers straw entirely. Tie a piece of raffia directly under the arms on the body to keep them in place.

In this video ive shown how to use corn husk rather then throwing it away. Turn the husks once a day moving the bottom ones to the top and mixing them up for even drying. I just love corn so i thought why throw its husk away and make something usefull. Corn husks 6 8 for the larger adult dolls and 2 4 for the child size dolls a container with water twine string felt or cloth for doll clothing and accessories scissors optional hot glue gun for decorations.