I perused Amazon reviews and found that SOME Frozen dolls come with painted-on bodices and don't need additional tops. You just add-a-skirt and you're done. Our dolls weren't painted though, but looked like "normal" naked dolls when not wearing their original dresses. I promised promised promised that I would try to solve the problem by creating some Anna and Elsa tops myself. It was an act of mom magic I wasn't sure I could pull off...
I used one of our existing doll dresses as a guide and cut out a rough bodice shape. Then I sewed darts on the front and sides, hemmed the back closures, and zig-zagged the top. I sewed a single snap in the back to fasten. Finished enough for play!
Completed doll bodice!
Better, ya?
It's not fancy, but the kid was thrilled.
Elsa got a top, too. Here are the dressed dolls with their fancy closet! I like that their new strapless blouses are a little billowy and possibly ill-fitting, as if designed by Hannah Horvath. There's no need for every single thing to be perfectly tailored and shiny.
So has "Frozen" infiltrated your life at all? I really do think the songs are catchy.
2 comments:
Our son sang "Let It Go" last year to no end. He got some laughs while singing it out loud in a public restroom once.
The eyes on those animated figures (and dolls) are HUGE, disturbingly so. Not having a daughter means we escaped most of "Frozen-mania" except for the songs. If I want my son to stop singing "Let It Go" I sing it like Bill Murray would, in overly dramatic parody. My son hates that, and tells me to STOP!
Mission accomplished.
Cool outfits! I haven't seen "Frozen" - is it suitable for adults?
Mary
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