Kids Toys

Doll Maker

Making the Doll, Finishing Details

As a doll mkaer, it is important to realise the positioning of eyes, nose and mouth. Always bearing in mind that a doll represents a small child, the placing of features is based on a child s face.

The Doll Makers rule is to divide the face equally both ways and mark the horizontal line in four and the lower half of the vertical line in two. Place the top of the eyes touching the horizontal line and just below it, leaving a fine forehead The mouth is pdaced immediately below the fourth part of the face. One of the mistakes most frequently made is that the eyes are put too high on the face and often too close together, cutting into the forhead and missing the essence of the childs expression.

The eyes can be made in felt, or by using small buttons or glass eyes mounted on felt discs to add depth to the face. It is important that the eyes when set into the head are well pulled into the face, which will accentuate the eye-sockets and consequently will bring the forehead well forward.

Doll Makers work by inserting the needle in place at the base of the head just above the back neck, and work from the opposite side of the head to the eye. When the doll is completely stuffed, one can improve on the features by using a strong darning needle, and inserting it into the face scooping the stuffing further into the cheeks and chin to underline their existence.