Create Your Own Barbie

"I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world
Life in plastic, it's fantastic!
You can brush my hair, undress me everywhere
Imagination life is your creation
Come on Barbie, let's go party!"

Hey this famous song welcomes us to the world of Barbies, isn't it ? And as you have entered now, follow me.....

Barbie dolls are the most attractive dolls for the female folks. They look gorgeous with attractive apparels and have a perfect feminine built. Barbie dolls are famous for their attires perfectly matching a particular theme. If you are not satisfied with the on-the-shelf standard Barbies, then try innovative ways to create your own Barbie. Trust me, doll making is easy and interesting.

How to Create your Own Barbie

Before you start making your own Barbie doll, you need to collect all the materials. Choose a theme for the Barbie, like wedding day Barbie, winter Barbie, summer Barbie, beach Barbie or queen Barbie. Gather the desired materials for dress and hair, matching the theme, along with other accessories like jewelry, footwear, hair bands. etc. You may buy the framework of the doll from doll stores or use your old dolls for practice.

• Step 1: The costumes and accessories will vary with the theme selected. For example a winter Barbie will be completely different from a summer Barbie.
• Step 2: Cut and design the dress for your Barbie. Your summer Barbie might wear a short skirt with a short sleeve blouse. You can also give an ideal summer look with floral designed low back-mini frock. Choose light shades like yellow, pink, sky, white for a perfect summer get up. For winter dresses, choose an outfit that runs long. It can be a velvet fur coat or a stylish leather jacket with tight jeans. A wedding day Barbie must have a gorgeous showy attire like, silken gowns with decorative accessories.
• Step 3: Now select the right hair style for your Barbie. Though long hair suits all themes and costumes, you can try out different styles for hair like loose curls, perms for wedding Barbie. For summer Barbie, blonde hair with pony or fringes in front and hair till neck looks pretty and light smooth long silky hair for winter Barbie.
• Step 4: Now choose the right footwear for your Barbie. Barbie on her wedding day will look best with colorful footwear matching her wedding dress with a pointed heel. Winter Barbie looks good with high leather or fur boots and for summer it can be a cool floater, light sneakers or cowboy boots with simple socks.
• Step 5: Your Barbie can look prettier with accessories and jewelry. The wedding day Barbie can wear a perfectly knitted veil or a headband, stone studded earnings, and bangles. For summer Barbie, the accessories should be cool and trendy like a wide brimmed straw hat with colorful ribbons, cute headbands and funky wristbands. In winter you can design a woolen cap or a fur lined hat.

Making your Barbie House

To create your own Barbie house, you can either make your own design and get it built in a craft shop or if you know to give a form to your planned design, then do it by yourself. First take a look at different doll house designs, to get an idea about your own Barbie house. Start making the design on a paper with every details. Note the colors, styles, clippings of roofs, ceiling, floors and corners, placement of doors and windows, etc. Make several sketches on a graph paper with correct measurements of rooms, floor plan, staircases (if multi-storied) and all components of the house. Then take your drawing plan to a craft store to get your Barbie house built.

You must be imaginative enough to customize your own Barbie doll. Your personal innovative skills should make your Barbie doll look unique and original. To get the perfect product, you should procure the right items and right design. Last but not the least, cultivate enough patience and enthusiasm for the creation.