Ok 5yr old has a favorite baby doll, she has a soft cloth body & plasic head & limbs.
I have noticed this poor doll has her arm & one leg hanging off, the stitching attaches to the plastic part & cloth so I have no way of sowing it on myself even if I knew how !!!!
I'm in the UK Essex way, is there anywhere I can get this precious dolly mended, she has had her since birth & won't settle at night without her baby.
P.S I can't get a replacement as baby doll also has most of her fingers chewed off & one eyelid has fallen off !!! Also she has no tags !!!!!!
HELP ME !!!!!
2007-09-06 01:02:11 · 14 answers · asked by K W 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Try contacting American girl, I know if you have their doll, Bitty Baby, they can repair them for you, you send them to the doll hospital, but their may be other doll hospitals online. With my daughter I put the dolls in a one piece sleeper so if the arm falls off she wont notice.
2007-09-06 01:08:52 · answer #1 · answered by jencaniglio 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
awww, i'm 25 and i still have my baby doll that i got aged 3, it was the first doll i'd ever got and i loved it sooooo much!!!!
Like your daughter's doll, mine has a soft body and plastic head and limbs, it's head is just about still on, one of her arms are hanging on by the last shread of material and both legs are hanging off!
The thing i love about my dolly is that i tried to stick the arm and legs back on with sticky tape, it's got bits of tape hanging off here and there (clearly didn't work) but it all adds to my baby dolls character!!!!
I'm sorry i can't answer your question how you'd like but i just want to say, your daughter will probably try to fix it in her own special way - sticky tape, glue, whatever, and it will be sooo cute! i'd leave the dolly and let your daughter keep her how she is, when she falls apart completely your daughter will probably start fixing it herself and it will be even more special to her!!!
if not you could try super glue all around the dolls arm and then hold it onto the soft body or go to a dress maker or someone like that to see if they can help you out! or google search 'doll hospital' and see if there is one near you
good luck =)
2007-09-06 08:53:57 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
make a tube of material the same width and length. Take off the broken arm and use the stuffing to fill the tube. Then take one end, turn in the rough end and do a running stitch all around. Put the end of the plastic in this bit and pull the threads tight so it seals around the arm. When this is done, you can sew the arm onto the body. Repeat with other limbs.
2007-09-06 09:59:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one of my dolls from childhood and have wondered the same thing. I actually just taped it on with strong tape and put clothes on it. Of course getting it repaired would be better, but we live in a small town and I know there is nothing like that here, it might work in the mean time until you can get it fixed.
2007-09-06 12:22:16 · answer #4 · answered by Miss Coffee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try the following people;
Tina & Steve
The Dolly Doctors
13 Windsor Road
Thanington without
Kent
CT1 3UN
Tel:-01227 479387
Mob:- 07867612631
Web www.thedollinfirmary.co.uk
Email: tina@thedollinfirmary.com
Although I'm not too sure how to explain to your daughter why her dolly is going away to be mended, good luck x
2007-09-06 11:16:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look in your phone book and see if there is a local doll hospital, if so your daughter could go with you to make dolly all better.
2007-09-06 08:09:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
have a look and see if there is a dolls hospital close by. your daughters doll sounds exactly like my daughters doll and she is now 10 and still cuddles it a night. it too got ripped and i found a dolls hospital and we took it in and it came home nearly as good as new. good luck.
2007-09-10 02:44:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There did used to be a dolls hospital in liverpool not really sure where about try telephone book prehaps you could post it there
2007-09-10 04:30:40 · answer #8 · answered by Marlene D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try:
http://www.toyrepairs.co.uk/
http://www.wellfieldbears.co.uk/
2007-09-10 04:48:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many years ago there was a dolls hospital my dolls were regular patients. Try google and see if there is such a service.
2007-09-06 08:10:41 · answer #10 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋