And here let me stress this point: the age/personality of your doll. If you use artist's acrylic paints, you should only need two coats. Yarn hair is more often used for medium to long lengths but is sometimes used for short hair. Thank you kindly!. If you want your doll to have bangs, add them before you get too far on the side rows. Do a simple chain stitch over the top of the spine all the way to the other side. Synthetic hair is what you see on most collectible dolls, and plastic dolls like Barbie dolls. The simple clothespin dolls shown in this tutorial use basic wooden clothes peg bodies and wooden ring stands, along with wooden bead heads. Felted wool yarn - Best used for couching in embroidery. The easiest way to paint the parts is to set the pins in a base and paint the heads while they are held loosely on a pin as shown above. Cut the loops. I wish you the best of luck creating hair for your lovely doll, or maybe even giving one of your dolls a makeover. References. Dolls in Dresses Every little girl needs a doll in a dress to call her own. You will not see the same doll here again. June 2016 You don't have to brush it with a wire comb (if that freaks you out), and in my humble opinion this method creates the fluffier wigs ever. Take a silk flower apart and take one layer of petals. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/b\/b6\/Make-Doll-Hair-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Make-Doll-Hair-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/b\/b6\/Make-Doll-Hair-Step-1-Version-2.jpg\/aid746973-v4-728px-Make-Doll-Hair-Step-1-Version-2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"