Karen got up early one morning last week so she could get started making corn husk dolls. The day before, she shucked six ears of corn and laid the husks out in the sun to dry. The instructions we printed out from the internet said to dry them in the sun for one to three days. The evening before, while Karen was at choir practice, Linda and I went to Wal-Mart. (We were after a black headband that is to be part of Karen’s choir uniform). On the way to the check-stand I spotted a package of corn husks and picked them up. Karen was very happy not to have to wait for her husks to dry. These store-bought tamale husks are also bigger. Karen studied the photo illustrated instructions here for a more detailed step-by-step description of the process. I think they turned out great! She had already drawn faces on them when we read the story of the corn husk doll. The story explains why corn husk dolls are made without faces. So she made one more that does not have a face. Later Karen tried to wash the faces off the others. The ink did not wash off, so she decided that those dolls are Sister Corn before she loses her face. So we have lots of "before" Sister Corn dolls and one "after". See the cute red-head faceless doll on the far right?
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