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2026 Course Program Felted Medicine Dolls
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Felted Medicine Dolls

$495.00

IMPORTANT TO NOTE:

  • For ages 18 to adult - Suitable for ALL skill levels

  • Venue is BELLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL (mobility aid accessible)

  • Course runs for 5 FULL-DAYS - Monday to Friday 9am until 4pm

  • This course has an extra materials cost of $135

  • Need an NDIS invoice? Call Nicole on 0419 379 146 during business hours BEFORE booking.

Needle felted medicine dolls - beginning by creating a medicine egg, then a decorated medicine egg, then at least one doll form.

All contain a medicine bundle - a needle felted bundle containing herbs, crystals, other small things - the healing benefits of which create the 'medicine' aspect. These dolls are also called spirit dolls or soul dolls.

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IMPORTANT TO NOTE:

  • For ages 18 to adult - Suitable for ALL skill levels

  • Venue is BELLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL (mobility aid accessible)

  • Course runs for 5 FULL-DAYS - Monday to Friday 9am until 4pm

  • This course has an extra materials cost of $135

  • Need an NDIS invoice? Call Nicole on 0419 379 146 during business hours BEFORE booking.

Needle felted medicine dolls - beginning by creating a medicine egg, then a decorated medicine egg, then at least one doll form.

All contain a medicine bundle - a needle felted bundle containing herbs, crystals, other small things - the healing benefits of which create the 'medicine' aspect. These dolls are also called spirit dolls or soul dolls.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE:

  • For ages 18 to adult - Suitable for ALL skill levels

  • Venue is BELLINGEN HIGH SCHOOL (mobility aid accessible)

  • Course runs for 5 FULL-DAYS - Monday to Friday 9am until 4pm

  • This course has an extra materials cost of $135

  • Need an NDIS invoice? Call Nicole on 0419 379 146 during business hours BEFORE booking.

Needle felted medicine dolls - beginning by creating a medicine egg, then a decorated medicine egg, then at least one doll form.

All contain a medicine bundle - a needle felted bundle containing herbs, crystals, other small things - the healing benefits of which create the 'medicine' aspect. These dolls are also called spirit dolls or soul dolls.

 

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YOUR COURSE TUTOR

Michelle Sweeney

I live on Bundjalung country in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. I have been crafting since I was a small girl.

Creating is the way I connect to myself and to my surroundings. I am self-taught in the first instance, seeking out teachers when my curiosity exceeded my skills. My learning feels like a process in which the hands remember.

The land is important, it supports the plant and animal world which gives of itself that I may create. My process is intuitive, collaborative, meditative; it connects me to self, place, earth, and the creative lineage of this land and of my ancestors on lands far beyond the sea.

I am a counsellor and art therapist and use creating as a way to assist people to find their own inner wisdom.

 
“Michelle (Shel) was a highly accomplished facilitator.
She provided the class with valuable information relating the craft and more. She gave individual support to each class member and every day included a variety of learning techniques and processes. I was extremely happy in the class and would love to participate in another medicine doll class in 2026. Please bring her back.”
— Happy Camper Review
“Shel was the most amazing tutor.
She was the perfect combination - patient, fun and knowledgeable on felting but also caring, kind and showed such interest in the whole class. She was a true inspiration.”
— Happy Camper Review
“Shel was amazing.
Very knowledgeable in her craft with a warm and engaging personality that made participants feel comfortable and confident. I would highly recommend this course and Michelle as a tutor!”
— Quote Source
  • The process of choosing materials for the medicine bundle is personal and intuitive - participants create a bundle that has significance for themselves.

    Skill building is scaffolded from a basic egg shape - to gain basic skills, then decorating an egg with various needle felted embellishments, then applying these skills to building a doll face and cylindrical body.

    Time/skill permitting, there is scope to build a second doll with legs rather than being cylindrical.

    You will take home at least 1 medicine egg, 1 decorated medicine egg and 1 completed medicine doll.

  • Please bring the following on your first day of class:

    • Any special super tiny things (eg: bits of jewellery or found objects, etc) you may want to put inside you doll or decorate your doll with.

    This class has an extra materials cost of $135, which is payable directly to the tutor.

    Once you book your ticket, the tutor will be in touch to arrange payment.

    Cost includes:

    • Needle felting pads, needles and needle holders

    • Wool core and Merino tops

    • Pipe cleaners

    • Crystals and materials for medicine bundles

    • Needle

    • Thread

    • Fabric and materials for embellishments

  • No experience required.

  • NOTE: THIS IS A PLAN ONLY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE

    DAY ONE

    • Learning about tools and materials

    • Learning a brief history of doll making

    • Learning the basic skills of needle felting to create a basic egg

    • Learning about the benefits and process of a medicine bundle

    • Gathering/selecting medicine bundle contents

    • Creating a medicine bundle

    • Considering symbols for basic decoration

    DAY TWO

    • Learning about embellishments and design

    • Choosing a theme

    • Gathering/selecting medicine bundle materials

    • Creating one large medicine egg with full decorative embellishments

    DAY THREE

    • Step 1 of doll making - making the face

    DAY FOUR

    • Doll making continued - making the medicine bundle, arms and cylindrical body

    DAY FIVE

    • Doll making continued - finish the cylindrical body, decorate with embellishments, symbols, and/or clothes (learning how to use fabric as decoration)

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