I want to get baby dolls custom made for my wife for our anniversay. Does anyone know of a company that creates dolls that look like your children. I mean if I send them pictures of my kids when they were young can they recreate the look and design the doll. What company does that?
2007-03-25 11:22:12 · 18 answers · asked by fdmedic85 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
i'm not really sure who does where to go for that.. but that is a great gift idea for your wife!!
2007-03-25 11:44:30 · answer #1 · answered by ♥cutemamma♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look on ebay. A lot of artists create custom reborns, which is what this type of doll is called. I have a couple of reborns myself, but they aren't made to look like my kids or anything. Just do a search on Ebay for custom reborns and you'll find some. They usually run around $100 or more depending on what type of doll you want. I don't know of any other place to get these.
2007-03-25 11:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a woman on Ebay (I think her name is Lynn) who does something like this. I saw her a couple of years ago on TV and she was doing more of the matching pictures to dolls. If it is the same person, her prices have gone way up and she only works with babies. There is another company My Twin that matches the hair and eye color but the facial features are what they are. They are not so pricey. Hope it helps. I'm looking too, but I have twins!
2014-02-19 07:15:53 · answer #3 · answered by Linda S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugarcreek dolls. They are based out of Ohio at a flea market. They do a beautiful job! I have seen plenty of their dolls and pictures taken of dolls and children together. I am not sure if you can order over the internet but they do have an internet site. It is sugarcreek dolls.com. You may want to contact them and see.
2007-03-25 11:30:41 · answer #4 · answered by GibsonGirlz4 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The American Girl doll store does this. You can get any kind of baby doll custom made to look like your child.
2007-03-25 11:27:03 · answer #5 · answered by sunnysky4u 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This is a great idea--don't know why it wouldn't be...
Here is a site that gives info on two companies, one is American Girl as mentioned:
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Top 4 Look Alike Dolls
From Denise Van Patten,
Your Guide to Doll Collecting.
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One of the most common questions I receive via e-mail from readers is "where can I get a doll that looks like my child?" There are many choices on the market for look alike dolls, from dolls under $40 which use a scanned photo on fabric, to middle-of-the-line vinyl dolls for over $100, to very, very expensive artist made dolls. You can even get a paper doll that looks like your child! My picks below summarize some of your choices for look alike dolls.
1) My Twinn Dolls
By far the best known of the look alike dolls, My Twinn dolls are available again (after a bankruptcy) and are now owned by eToys Direct. The dolls start at $139, and you build your doll with a variety of hair styles, hair and eye colors and skin tones. You can even have hand painting of the faces for freckles or other skin features. I understand that the delivery problems which plagued the company prior to bankruptcy are long over with the new company ownership.
2) American Girl of Today Dolls
American Girl dolls also offer look alike dolls. Actually, to me, these dolls are more "vaguely look alike" because they are all based on just a few face sculpts, but you can choose 23 varieties of skin, eye and hair colors. A great choice for girls who already have American Girl dolls and wish to have one that resembles them. Suggested retail is $87.
http://www.lookalikedolls.com/
These artist porcelain dolls seem to bear a remarkable likeness to their namesakes! Each doll is hand-crafted by Linda Brennan. Her look alike dolls have porcelain heads which are molded and then transformed to match the facial features of the model person. The dolls are then hand painted. The dolls start at $400 for a baby and go up from there. Customized painted eyes (instead of inset eyes) are available for an extra cost.
5) Paper Kids: Paper Dolls That Look Like Your Child
There are many ways to do a look alike doll. How about a paper doll that looks like your child? Paper Kids provides this. You get a paper dolls book of your child, with your child on the cover, the doll and 4 pages of outfits and accessories. Packages start at $60. Laura Wattles is the paper doll artist, and she will create paper dolls of children from 1 to 14 years of age.
2007-03-25 11:34:57 · answer #6 · answered by nanlwart 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
American Girls does that. I don't know where the company is located but they are really good at it. My mom bought my little sister one and they make other types of dolls from different time periods too!
2007-03-25 11:27:26 · answer #7 · answered by hereforyou 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know that one of the stores at Disney World's Epcot has a place that does dolls to look like you or your child. You can call guest services at Walt Disney World and they should be able to tell you which store it is. I had a friend who had dolls made there and they look exactly like her girls.
2007-03-25 11:27:37 · answer #8 · answered by Ali 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ugh!!! There's a place in West Virginia that does them but I can't remember the name. I'll try to remember and add it though. My mom told me about the place a while back. I thought it would be neat to get dolls made to look like my girls when they were newborns.
2007-03-25 11:25:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got this article from a magazine... the dolls are called "Reborn" babies and they're lifelike! Send me your e-mail address to mines at: bee_5120@ y a h o o. c a; and I'll send you the article with the address...
2007-03-25 11:30:34 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think the American Girl company will make you a custom american girl doll.
2007-03-25 11:25:26 · answer #11 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋