Hollyhock Dolls

When I was a little girl, many of our neighbors grew Hollyhocks around their homes. My next door neighbor grew pink ones and red ones close to her kitchen door. She grew many other beautiful plants, too, but I remember this one in particular, because she showed me how to make dolls out of them.

My Victorian grandmother once told me, that when she was a child, she didn't have many toys to play with so she and her siblings would make 'hollyhock dolls'--I've always loved them since. I think I"ll grow some hollyhocks for myself this summer.

I don't have a picture of a 'hollyhock doll' of my own, so I'm including one I found on the Internet. Isn't it sweet?

***Have you ever made 'hollyhock dolls' or had any experience with them?