For the Nerd Games summer camp edition @LovelyMiss provided two clothespins and embroidery floss for us to make our own clothespin dolls. These two are my creations for the summer camp art club:
First up: Adventurous Red Panda, an intrepid explorer out to hike his way across the country. He has a little backpack, binoculars, and a trail map.
Next up, Pumpkin Girl in her October finery:
EEEEEeep! They are SO CUTE! I can’t believe all the details! The backpack, binoculars, and map! Her little hat! 
I love them!
These are so creative!! I love the paint job on the bear and both of their outfits are so well executed! I especially like the little peek of the slip/bloomers under the pumpkin outfit.
This needs to be a children’s book! Wow, people are really elevating these peg dolls. All the details! That little map, binoculars, the backpack, her adorable little hat and outfit, not to mention her cute face. They are perfect and they look like they were a lot of fun to make!
My goodness! These are so sweet and detailed! It only takes an extra second to see that they are full of details.
Love that darling little backpack!
These are amazing! All the little bits and bobs! AND they have arms! 
The cuteness! The pumpkin girl is killing me, though, as it reminds me of Kidlet’s 2023 Halloween costume she created and made (with help):
@LovelyMiss - thank you for providing such great inspiration! I had so much fun crafting.
@AntBee - thank you! Your daughter’s costume is darling, as is the model!
@AudiobookLover, @TheMistressT, @Bunny1kenobi, @gozer - thank you!
At first glance, I genuinely thought you’d replaced their heads with clay or beads or something!
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So adorable! Tiny backpack with tiny adventure accessories! And a whole pumpkin dress!
How did you make the arms?
Thank you!
Thanks! I drilled a hole in the clothespins for the arms, threaded a length of thick gage wire through, and then wrapped the wire with embroidery floss and secured the ends with glue.
Nice! What do you drill your holes with? I’m finding I need to drill holes in things and I was thinking about one of those little hand drills, but then I thought a dremel might be a bit easier. My husband already has the dremel. I don’t know if stuff should be clamped or ?
For example: I have some small, flat UV resin pieces that need a little hole in them.
I use a dremel for all my craft-related drilling. My husband has a workbench clamp and if something is big enough, evenly shaped I use that. Otherwise…I just place the item on an old phone book, grab the dremel and hope for the best 
. I find using the drill at a slow speed to start the hole gives me more control and precision. Then, I switch to a high speed.
Thank you so much for the tips! I do have an old phone book as well!
That little backpack? The best detail to the best little peg panda! The pumpkin girl is adorable too.
Thank you!
What a fun Nerd Game. All the detail is wonderful, that little map is so precious and the faces adorable!
Thank you! @LovelyMiss went above and beyond for this season and it’s proving to be one of the best! I’m so grateful for all her hard work and the other nerd game mods!
