Barbara Howley, a teacher from
Perry, Ohio, sent in directions for the doll mummies made by her students.
She writes:
"My students have made
mummies out of cheap dollar store Barbies. We wrap
them in plaster craft strips, available in most teacher supply catalogues.
We call it the revenge of the boys on the Barbie dolls as the boys cut the
doll's hair and create big shoulders by wrapping paper toweling around the
shoulders before applying the plaster wrap. We insert the feet into a
toilet paper tube so our mummies can stand. Additionally, symbols are
inserted under the wrappings representing the ahnk, scarab, djed, and tet.
After the mummies are made, we construct a sarcophagus using poster board and
create a written description of our mummy's life...."
