How to make a doll Reborn

The fascination with the Reborn dolls in the world is becoming very popular. The first dolls appeared in 1990. After 20 years, the highly artistic hobby of creative individuals has become a multimillion-dollar industry. Reborn is a vinyl doll, outwardly most similar to living children. Rosy-cheeked, with real hair, with an expression of emotion on his face, in real children's clothes. Basically Reborn dolls are made in the form of babies and children under 3 years old. Consider how to make a Reborn doll.

Preparation for work

Manufacture of Reborn dolls begins with the purchase of vinyl blanks. You can purchase separately legs, hands, head and other parts of the body. The trunk and forearms are sewn on their own. Plus this method - you can give the doll the desired size. You can also buy a ready-made vinyl doll-workpiece with a trunk and prominent parts of the body. The most reputable manufacturers of Reborn dolls and billets: Secrist Dolls, Apple Valley, Ashton-Drake Galleries, Lee Middleton, Zapf, Berenguer Babies and several others.

In addition, you need to purchase special kits for further work. They can include special non-toxic paints for coloring, accessories, tools for work, fabric, hair material (better - natural hair), eyelashes, eyes, artificial tears, etc. We warn that creating a quality realistic Reborn doll is a very tedious process and takes a lot of time. Therefore, ready-made dolls are sold quite expensive: from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars. The sizes of dolls usually range from 10 to 55 centimeters. It is most convenient to order kits through specialized online stores. When buying, note that whole dolls are called reborning, and sets of individual parts of bodies (and dolls made from them) are called newborning.

How to make a doll Reborn

  1. The manufacturing process is divided into several stages. Initially, the doll-workpiece is disassembled in parts and the factory paint is removed from it with any solvent (acetone).
  2. After complete drying, you can start painting dolls. This is the most important and responsible stage. From the realism of the coloring depends the artistic value of the Reborn dolls. Therefore, artistic talent is welcomed. When painting, paint colors are used. Also useful are blue and red paint. Blue color is used for drawing vessels. Red - for blush, the effect of diathesis, redness, pressure sores, etc. Paint is superimposed by many layers: from 15 to 30, depending on the importance of the site. We must strive to draw the smallest details of the skin. Paints are specially designed for painting on vinyl. They are environmentally safe and do not have a characteristic smell. But that they are securely fixed, they must be subjected to thermal drying. For example - in the oven, oven. Or with the help of a heat gun, a powerful hair dryer. Each layer of paint is dried separately!
  3. Next, you can glue artificial eyes, if the doll is with your eyes open.
  4. Do not forget about other parts of the body. Accurately glued well-groomed nails, eyelashes, a special tool form the nasal opening.
  5. Hair fastening can take away a lot of nerves, because the work is very laborious. Realistic hair is applied with a special tool in the form of an awl. This tool measures 42, 40, 38, 36 and 20. The smaller the number, the thicker the needle. Thick needles capture more hair and work is faster. But the holes are too noticeable for outsiders. Naturally, you can use wigs, but in this case the value of the doll is reduced.
  6. After preparing the individual elements, the doll is assembled. If the doll consists of separate parts, the body is made of a soft cloth stuffed with granules. Hands, feet, head are fixed to the body with special screeds.
  7. Finally, we put on the doll and decorate with children's accessories.

For greater realism in the mouth, you can put a magnetic holder for a dummy. Electric devices simulating palpitation, lifting and lowering of the chest, voice, and blinking are sold. Thermal bags allow the doll to be warm to the touch. Premium dolls are supplied with a breathing apparatus that actually sucks in the air through the nose and lifts the chest to the beat of breathing, even simulating sniffing and coughing. There are many other adaptations and accessories that make the Reborn doll almost indistinguishable from a live baby.