Teacher Missed Her Students So She Knit 23 Adorable Dolls to Represent Each of Them

[demmiblue]

Many schools are still closed due to COVID-19 lockdowns, forcing parents to homeschool their kids, and leaving many children missing their friends and routine. Teachers are another group affected by the changes. Some have had to adjust to taking their classes online—through video calls—but this doesn’t achieve the same intimacy as a traditional classroom. In fact, Dutch primary school teacher Miss Ingeborg Meinster-Van der Duin misses her pupils so much that she crafted 23 knitted dolls, representing each one of them.

Meinster-Van der Duin works as a primary school teacher at the Dr. H.Bavinck school in Haarlem, Netherlands. Ever since her school temporarily closed its doors, she’s struggled with not being able to see her beloved students every day. “It was all up and running that the school closed. It all hit me like this,” she says. “The children were no longer in school. And I miss them so much.”

After coming across a similar knitted doll project on Pinterest, Meinster-Van der Duin decided to create tiny, textile versions of her 23 students. Taking 3-4 each to complete, each cute doll features an impressive amount of detail. Each knitted pupil has been given an outfit, according to their style in real life, and Meinster-Van der Duin has even included glasses, hair bows, and other accessories for some. The dedicated teacher even knitted a doll representing herself!



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[SMC22307]

1. I needed a happy story... so sweet! Thanks for posting. (n/t)

[idziak4ever1234]

2. She should make one for each Republican Senator and jab them with needles!

[MontanaMama]

11. I approve of this idea.

[niyad]

12. So much easier to use blobs of wax with their names inscribed.n

Note to self: call the apiary. Get the blade out. Unearth the box of pins. Bottle of wine.

[Demovictory9]

3. She's a good knitter

[shanti]

15. Really!

It's not easy knitting small things like that.

[3catwoman3]

4. What a loving thing she has done.

Here’s betting the students will cherish them for a long time.

[Celerity]

5. K & R

[catbyte]

6. Am I the only one that thinks it's really sweet in a creepy sort of way?

But dolls kind of creep me out anyway so what do I know? Never mind.

[niyad]

8. Fortunately. Not all dolls are poppets. Depends on the intentions of the maker.

[MontanaMama]

14. I agree. I don't like dolls but

I do like their heads...I have a baby head collection...which I guess is creepy in its own way.

[niyad]

7. Awwww, thank you for posting this. Smiles.

[iluvtennis]

9. Aww, so cute. Love it. Thanks for posting this. nt

[TeamPooka]

10. Creepy

[Hortensis]

13. What a lovely, happy thing to do for the children.

Her students KNOW they're special to her.

[colorado_ufo]

17. Hopefully, she will eventually give each student his or her doll to remember her by.

So sweet! And each doll has a smile - happy students.

[Hortensis]

21. Yes, guessing she will. :)

[elleng]

16. Sweet!

My 2 grandsons, different schools/states, miss their kindergarten teachers and friends. Just learned, as school not likely to resume this year, NEXT year well-loved kindergarten teacher of one of them will move up to 1st grade, so she'll meet up with this year's kindergartners! Exciting, but next year, his sister will have a different teacher for kindergarten; hope s/he's as good and nice as THIS one!

[Hortensis]

22. Kindergarteners are still so little, not yet entirely

outgrown their babyhood. We also had two grandsons born a month apart and four states apart, fascinating to see them together when they were small, giving clues to who they were by their differences. I'm glad one of yours is guaranteed such a good teacher and of course hope the same for the other. And of course all the happy experiences they should have of school at that age.

[StarryNite]

18. What a wonderful thing to do.

They are adorable.

[DesertRat]

19. I love this! k&r

[Leith]

20. 23 students in her class?

Ah, Netherlands. That explains it.

Scandanavian countries do education correctly. Their teachers are top notch and are paid much better than the US.

As colorado_ufo said, it would be great if she gave her students their doll once this ordeal is over.

[dmr]

23. They are adorable!

What a wonderful and caring human being she is. Talented, too

[Talitha]

24. What a nice thing to do for her students! She must love them all very much.