Hina-ningyo are perhaps the most well known when it comes to the display of traditional ornamental dolls to pray for and celebrate the healthy growth and success of the household's children.

Wooden dolls date back centuries. The earliest were crude carved pieces of wood shaped like a human figure. But today it’s rare to find a doll made before the 1600s, when English and German draftsmen ...

Explore more about Russian culture by making Russian nesting dolls as a fun craft! Explore a little more about Russian culture by making Matryoshka dolls or Russian nesting dolls as a fun craft!

HOMOSASSA SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - Not every community can boast of having a Bavarian doll maker in residence. But just a short distance south of Sugarmill Woods on U.S. 19 sits the Naber Kids Doll ...

Wooden dolls date back centuries. The earliest were crude carved pieces of wood shaped like a human figure. But today it's rare to find a doll made before the 1600s, when English and German draftsmen ...

KADAPA: Artisans in Settigunta and Lakshmigaripalle, known for their intricate wooden Raja-Rani dolls, are seeking the State ...

In a small workshop in Karnataka's Channapatna, the rhythmic hum of a lathe machine blends with the scent of freshly carved wood. Artisan Kouser Pasha delicately polishes a wooden toy train, his hands ...

Imported dolls, cheap plastic replicas of cartoon characters, and PVC figurines are now passé, and for good reason. Closer home, there is a silent community of sustainable doll makers crafting ...