A parent can search high and low for dolls that have curly hair resembling their daughters’ and still come up short. Now you can use this technique from our friends at Beads Braids and Beyond to achieve the look yourself. Kristl from How To Play With Barbies wrote a detailed tutorial on how to take little brown dolls hair from from bone straight (left) to tightly curled (right). All you need are pipe cleaners, a pair of scissors and 20 minutes or so.
Would you consider doing this to your daughter’s dolls?
Cheryl says
I wouldn’t do this to my girls’ dolls at this age (they are 5 and 3) – at this point I am happy if their dolls remain clothed and are not decapitated. I would try this when they are older and more interested in clothing and hairstyles though.
Kristen R. Harris says
This is a really cute idea. But I KNOW that I would never do it. I dont have time to style my hair and my two girls’ hair so I know I wont be spending 20-30 minutes giving a baby doll a straw set!
Nursemommy4 says
So much time is spent on grooming myself and my two daughters that it would be silly for me to consider it. Although I understand it is more important that knowing who they are supercedes what a doll looks like. When they know who they are, nothing else really maters.
mama T says
I think it is worth it to try. When my daughter goes to sleep I will give it a whirl. Every little bit counts in a world where they are bombarded with images that don’t resemble them!
H2h2 says
now its going to take just as long to do her hair as it does to do yours and god forbiddens when it starts matting.. i mean the doll’s hair, not yours..not worth it
kristl says
Well the great thing is that you only have to do it once per doll. I find that kids enjoy the process and the act of wrapping the hair -its just one of thousands of craft actitivies you might carry out during the raising of a child.
The perming process allows ample time to discuss that some people are lucky enough to be born with this hair texture, while others (like these poor dolls) have to be given it by someone willing to take the time and make the effort.
I like to talk about this hair as the “only perfect circle in nature†and remind my daughter of my thoughts about a hair texture that some call “unruly†and “difficult†but that I consider awe-inspiring and like to refer to as “strong-willed†and “independent.â€
The act of creating this hair can be such an amazing experience we haven’t had problems with matting – after all – they are dolls they don’t get out THAT much!
anonymous says
I would absolutely do this. I can’t imagine how much joy a little girl would feel if they first time they received a doll, it really did look like them. What validation! Especially their first doll.