Did you know that vodou used to be a religion? Well, it used to be in the West Indies during the seventeenth century. The word voodoo is from the West African language of Dahomey and it means spirit or god. Vodou was brought to Haiti by people from the Dahomey Kingdom, located near present-day Nigeria.

Do you want to learn how to make a voodoo doll? Voodoo Queen or Doctor commissions to create a specific doll usually make the dolls however this can only be done when spirits.

I have actually made a voodoo doll before and I poked myself a lot. I found it fun to do and I would make it again at some point. Now a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a voodoo doll.

People have many ways to make these dolls such as making one of felt or to make one out of string, everyday materials. The felt one feels easier than the string one in my opinion.

First, you want to draw a simple person-shaped template on a piece of paper. It does not have to be realistic or proportional to a real person, it just has to be big enough to fit in your hand.

Next, you want to cut out your template and trace it onto your piece of felt. Also, the felt can just be an old piece of clothing that you don’t wear anymore.

Third, you want to cut your felt obviously and you’re going to need two cutouts of the body. you take one of the two body pieces and you’re going to put your buttons into the place you want them in and you’re going to either sew or glue them there. You’re also going to cut out a small red heart and glue or sew it onto the body.

Now you’re going to sew the mouth. for those who can’t sew, give this step to someone who can and will do this for you.

After you have sewn the mouth you’re going to lay the side with the face on it to the back of the other body piece and you’re going to sew the whole body together but make sure that you leave a hole somewhere on the body and you’re going to flip the body inside out so now the face should be on the outside now and now your going to stuff it with cotton and if you don’t have cotton buy a stuffed animal from the dollar store and cut it open to use the stuffing inside it you can also use a old stuffed animal or pillow. Now finish sewing the hole you left open and you’re all done.

Now for those who want to make a voodoo doll of a person you don’t like you’re going to need some kind of DNA of the person and once you get it you’re going to want to tape it on the back of the doll’s heart.

Now you and some people may believe the lie about how voodoo dolls can be used for revenge based on what TV or people say nowadays. Now would you believe me if I said that revenge were not what the dolls were made for? It does not matter what you believe about the voodoo dolls because the dolls were originally made to healed people.