It’s been awhile since I posted about playing with dolls…

Back then, I was customizing a Blythe and some Monster High dolls, along with “tattooing” some blank bodies that my friend Aletta (from theFoxyToyBox) let me play with.

(So I’m not sure if I’ve ever shared all the doll customs I played around with.  I feel like I’ve shared them before, but a rudimentary search shows only my initial post.  Considering I’ve been doing this blog a few years now, I don’t THINK I’m repeating…I try REEALLY hard not to repeat.  (But if I do, in fact, repeat, please just consider it an old friend coming to say hello again…)…)

Awhile back, my friend Aletta sent these old used dolls for me to play with, and I took the opportunity to repaint them using all the skillful skills I learned from the magical world of Pinterest.

If you want to paint on Monster High dolls, trust me–I’m not the best one to learn from, because there are people who are WAY better pro at it than me.  But I wiped off their paint with nail polish remover (I describe my wonky process here), painted in acrylics, and sealed with with Testors spray varnish to protect the plastic without leaving it sticky.  And OMGosh they were so much fun.

I got little wigs in Etsy shops, because I am weird like that.  And because they’re GORGEOUS.  You pretty much just cut off their store-hair and glue on the lovely wigs, and BOOM–magic.

Ages ago, I bought a Bigfoot Monster High doll to repaint (because I couldn’t pass up those HUGE feet and hairy legs).  I repainted her, paying lots of detail to that hair, and found a wig that matched her perfectly.  I even contacted the wigmaker on etsy, asking if she could send a little extra scrap fur to put around her, which she kindly did.  So here she is, with her little mini skirt of hair:

I tried to put her in that bigfoot hunched pose from “real” Bigfoot photos, but Monster High dolls are a little too poised to hunch.  But lookit that fantastic leg stubble!  Hahah

Even one doll (which Myla asked me to keep unpainted) was missing an arm, and she asked if I could build her one (because I can apparently do anything).  I asked if it could be a robot arm, and she said, “of COURSE!”  So a few electronic bits later, and I was able to hot-glue a fairly decent “robotic” appendage, which Myla was VERY happy with.

What’s funny, is that my occasional interest in repainting dolls has inspired our 6-year old to attempt to get me to buy her new Monster High dolls.  “MOM!  Can we please get it if I promise to PAINT it???”  Usually our rule is that if I let her get something, she can pick a PROJECT, not just a toy.  Which is why she tries, at times, to get me to buy new dolls.  It’s tempting, really, considering our thrift stores here don’t HAVE any used ones, and holy cow, one time I saw a LUNA MOTH Monster High doll that even I wanted to repaint!!   But I have to use restraint–they’re expensive after awhile, and we can’t just go buy toys for no reason (at least not once you become a parent) so I don’t really allow it.

But they ARE fun….

Anyway, I’ll share more of how our custom collaborations are going next week–Myla is having lots of fun with them!  For now, have a great rest of the week!   🙂