Bottles into dolls

Children learn to enjoy the art of making dolls from bottles, with plasticine. Imaginative use is made of a variety of materials at Brisbane’s Creative Leisure Centre. Costumes may be sewn, pinned or glued on to the figure and arms joined on with strips of plasticine. Finished figures are lined up and music-makers accompany the procession of completed dolls.

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Credits

co-director

Arthur Cantrill

Corinne Cantrill

production company

Children's Library and Craft Movement

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1962

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

001395

Language

English

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Children's art

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Creative ability

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Dolls

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Dolls

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1962

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